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not allowing penetration (as by gas, liquid, or light) the container of toxic waste has an impenetrable seal to prevent leaks

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Recent Examples of impenetrable While no cyber defense is impenetrable, fixating on technical design proves futile when incentives, incompetence and indifference undermine internal controls design, implementation and effectiveness. Noah Barsky, Forbes.com, 11 June 2025 And where leadership believes their infrastructure is impenetrable, red teams often walk through the front door with nothing more than confidence and a cover story. Jochen Schwenk, Forbes.com, 4 June 2025 To say that this film is impenetrable is an understatement. Sophie Monks Kaufman, IndieWire, 22 May 2025 Growing pressure Still, this spiritual shield is not impenetrable. Ogar Monday, Christian Science Monitor, 8 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for impenetrable
Recent Examples of Synonyms for impenetrable
Adjective
  • Although rental costs have soared particularly in denser coastal cities, prices have jumped in Indianapolis too.
    Jordan Smith, IndyStar, 24 July 2025
  • It’s already been tested out successfully in dense urban areas.
    Heather Farmbrough, Forbes.com, 24 July 2025
Adjective
  • More Miguel Rodriguez/Getty Images What's so mysterious about a team playing well?
    Jon Vankin, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 July 2025
  • Years after gaining superpowers from being bombarded by cosmic rays in space, the astronauts-turned-superheroes face a new threat when the mysterious Silver Surfer, Shalla-Bal (Julia Garner), heralds the coming of the world-devouring Galactus (Ralph Ineson).
    Brian Truitt, USA Today, 26 July 2025
Adjective
  • And as the discourse around it keeps stacking up, what started as a silly turn of phrase has devolved into an incomprehensible mess that’s preventing people from noticing the much more insidious shift around them.
    CT Jones, Rolling Stone, 11 July 2025
  • This is because for the first Daemon X Machina, the story was an incomprehensible mess.
    Ollie Barder, Forbes.com, 9 June 2025
Adjective
  • But the party was especially focused on reforming public finance, calling for strict economy in expenditures and even tighter limits on taxation.
    Joseph Thorndike, Forbes.com, 21 July 2025
  • Kick your legs in small up-and-down fluttering motions while keeping your lower back flat and abs tight throughout.
    Jakob Roze, Health, 21 July 2025
Adjective
  • And even the mighty NFL isn’t impervious to the ravages of demographic drift, although the league’s absolute deliveries of the under-50 set remain the gold standard.
    Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 11 July 2025
  • The laws of physics are impervious to climate change.
    Evan Bush, NBC news, 8 July 2025
Adjective
  • Fans began speculating what all of the cryptic posts might signal, with some social media users suggesting the possibility of the pair remastering and releasing their 1973 album.
    Jordana Comiter, People.com, 19 July 2025
  • The Wall Street Journal reported in the evening on July 17 that Trump sent Epstein a lewd, cryptic letter for his 50th birthday.
    Aysha Bagchi, USA Today, 19 July 2025
Adjective
  • As satire, Next to Heaven is unintelligible, as though someone is universalizing their own hangups and then skewering them for clout.
    Book Marks June 20, Literary Hub, 20 June 2025
  • Filled with uncanny creatures and unintelligible language, the book's inspiration came, Serafini muses, either from aliens, or his cat.
    David Morgan, CBS News, 30 May 2025
Adjective
  • The three-day Tampa conference was thick with criticism of DOJ and disbelief that the president could have let so many people down.
    Shelby Talcott, semafor.com, 14 July 2025
  • Sides of hand-cut fries ($3) were fairly standard, and onion rings ($5) were thick and addictively crunchy.
    Rachel Bernhard, jsonline.com, 14 July 2025

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