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Recent Examples of inextinguishable Even more tickling, however, is Karin’s evolving reaction, played with inextinguishable spirit by the wonderful Jacobsen. David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 Feb. 2025 This top-five matchup was pushed back a day due to winter storms plaguing the southeast, but the hype is nevertheless inextinguishable. Steven Louis Goldstein, The Athletic, 24 Jan. 2025 The candle that is Elton John has been inextinguishable, no matter how strong the wind. Belinda Luscombe, TIME, 11 Dec. 2024 Even more tickling, however, is Karin’s evolving reaction, played with inextinguishable spirit by the wonderful Jacobsen. David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 Feb. 2025 Last to arrive are Rick (Walton Goggins) and Chelsea (Aimee Lou Wood), a couple whose attachment to one another is hard to parse given his disinterest in her and her youthful, inextinguishable brightness toward him. Ben Travers, IndieWire, 11 Feb. 2025 During the hottest summer on record, both humans and animals struggle to cope as inextinguishable fires draw closer. Leo Barraclough, Variety, 29 Jan. 2025 This top-five matchup was pushed back a day due to winter storms plaguing the southeast, but the hype is nevertheless inextinguishable. Steven Louis Goldstein, The Athletic, 24 Jan. 2025 The candle that is Elton John has been inextinguishable, no matter how strong the wind. Belinda Luscombe, TIME, 11 Dec. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for inextinguishable
Adjective
  • While superior technology and breakthrough innovations have shaped pivotal moments in history, victory has often relied on something more enduring: the ability to mobilize people, platforms, capital and ideas into a cohesive, mission-ready force.
    Toni Townes-Whitley, Forbes.com, 24 June 2025
  • The award recognizes a long-time commitment of service to aquaculture that is deemed highly significant and enduring.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 22 June 2025
Adjective
  • Knowles’ Ilia edit is meant to serve as an extension of her unquenchable sound and continued creative expression.
    Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 18 June 2025
  • Beyond paying homage to his favorite band, California entrepreneur Anthony Hsieh’s unquenchable thirst for sportfishing led to the formation of Team Bad Company and the world’s largest fleet of 12 sportfishing boats all bearing that name.
    Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 10 June 2025
Adjective
  • Since gold is nearly indestructible and has been recycled many times, much of the gold used today dates from prehistoric ages.
    David Szondy June 07, New Atlas, 7 June 2025
  • But the musical chemistry between Ann and Nancy Wilson, still a couple of the baddest broads in rock, is indestructible.
    Melissa Ruggieri, USA Today, 3 June 2025
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  • Behind these odd legal maneuvers lies a more fundamental driver: the AI industry's insatiable hunger for high-quality text.
    ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 25 June 2025
  • That insatiable drive for improvement instilled an ever-present passion for the game with Drenner, who’s now playing in his seventh season in the Premier Lacrosse League co-founded by former Johns Hopkins star Paul Rabil.
    Jacob Steinberg, Baltimore Sun, 23 June 2025
Adjective
  • In reality, the change flows in the other direction, as new recruits enter the warm embrace of the imperishable military-industrial complex, eager to learn its ways.
    Andrew Cockburn, Harper's Magazine, 20 Jan. 2024
  • Between July 2, 1935, and February 10, 1942, Holiday, backed by Teddy Wilson and his band, logged twenty-one studio sessions, yielding around seventy imperishable songs.
    Nick Bowlin, Harper's Magazine, 24 Mar. 2024
Adjective
  • Too Much Going On Limits Executive Team Performance Today’s executive teams are pulled in more directions than ever—global priorities, cross-functional initiatives, urgent issues, never-ending decks.
    Elizabeth Freedman, Forbes.com, 30 June 2025
  • In response, researchers and experts are sounding the alarm—calling for urgent, comprehensive solutions to reverse these trends and support youth wellbeing.
    Semafor Events, semafor.com, 30 June 2025
Adjective
  • But nothing has ever come close to the tension that floods our veins at the sound of that immortal two-note ostinato, the signature of John Williams’ suspenseful score.
    David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 20 June 2025
  • Now, more than ever before, the immortal words of the All-Star player Kevin Garnett are true: Anything is possible!
    Vinson Cunningham, New Yorker, 2 June 2025
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  • Trump has been an avid proponent of reshoring U.S. manufacturing, using tariffs as a leverage to convince companies to build plants in the U.S. and attacking Apple for manufacturing its iPhones in Asia.
    Danny Bakst, Fortune, 26 June 2025
  • Residents who live near a fishing location, spend a lot of time near the water or are avid boaters are encouraged to get involved.
    Joe Rassel, The Orlando Sentinel, 25 June 2025

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“Inextinguishable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inextinguishable. Accessed 4 Jul. 2025.

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