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Recent Examples of inextricable
Intertwining the inextricable fates of the Great Salt Lake and the millions of people who live, work, and travel surrounding it, Ellis achieves an existential scope that is both terrifying and motivating, wrought with divinity and doom.
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Matthew Carey, Deadline, 15 Jan. 2026
The pair share an inextricable bond, tied by a dark secret, even as Sula leaves to travel the country.
—Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 12 Dec. 2025
For nearly 20 years, the identities and reputations of documentary directors Craig and Brent Renaud were inextricable.
—Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 9 Dec. 2025
Ahead of season 5, the 30-year-old Dyer recently reflected on her inextricable link with the character that has come to define her.
—Sezin Devi Koehler, Entertainment Weekly, 26 Nov. 2025
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Matthew Carey, Deadline, 15 Jan. 2026
The pair share an inextricable bond, tied by a dark secret, even as Sula leaves to travel the country.
—Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 12 Dec. 2025
For nearly 20 years, the identities and reputations of documentary directors Craig and Brent Renaud were inextricable.
—Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 9 Dec. 2025
Ahead of season 5, the 30-year-old Dyer recently reflected on her inextricable link with the character that has come to define her.
—Sezin Devi Koehler, Entertainment Weekly, 26 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for inextricable
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The voracious reader said that the best books, those that brought him happiness, were not the ones that ease our way in this strange and difficult world.—
Noah Goldberg,
Los Angeles Times,
16 Feb. 2026
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Local farmers work long hours, often under difficult conditions, to ensure our food supply remains steady.—
Joe Dymek,
Baltimore Sun,
15 Feb. 2026
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Indeed, they are considered one of those inexplicable phenomena only North Americans like, along with American football, peanut butter and jelly sandwiches and widespread gun ownership.—
Leslie Felperin,
HollywoodReporter,
13 Feb. 2026
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The visual journey reflected on what was and never will be again, the cruel separation of the brothers, and the inexplicable connection between life and cinema, memory and reality.—
Melanie Goodfellow,
Deadline,
11 Feb. 2026
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Just as much an investigator as a memoirist, Nevils attempts to tunnel through the lurid details and the #MeToo boilerplate and unearth something much knottier.—
Hillary Kelly,
The Atlantic,
13 Feb. 2026
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But her career got knottier after that.—
Rebecca Traister,
Vulture,
10 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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According to Landry, lentils are rich in resistant starch, as well as soluble and insoluble fiber.—
Kirsten Nunez,
Martha Stewart,
20 Feb. 2026
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In chia seeds, about 85-93% of the fiber is insoluble.—
Merve Ceylan,
Health,
10 Feb. 2026
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Humans often use astrology—the ancient belief that the sun, moon, and planets influence our behaviors and life paths—to explain the unexplainable.—
Elise Taylor,
Vanity Fair,
13 Feb. 2026
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The special teams matchup goes to Seattle unless there is some unexplainable muffed punt.—
Mike Sando,
New York Times,
7 Feb. 2026
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In the early hours of February 24 2022, standing on the freezing roof of a hotel in Kyiv, the idea that Russia would launch a full-scale assault on Ukraine, despite a troop buildup on the border, still seemed almost impossible to imagine.—
Matthew Chance,
CNN Money,
21 Feb. 2026
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As a skilled legal advocate, Andrew is known for listening first, acting with purpose, and guiding others through systems that often feel impossible to navigate.—
Daniel Fusch,
USA Today,
20 Feb. 2026
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“Inextricable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inextricable. Accessed 22 Feb. 2026.
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