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Recent Examples of irrepressible
The Panthers’ irrepressible cornerback had a career year in 2015, then left for huge money in Washington after some Carolina contract complications.
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Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 17 July 2025
On Pressing Onward, Freedia is creating her own religious experience of sorts — one that marries the powerful peaks and sonorous valleys of gospel with the irrepressible, relentless energy of bounce.
—Joe Lynch, Billboard, 23 June 2025
The Seattle Reign midfielder is less a player in her home nation and more an irrepressible force of nature, the very reason Wales are in Switzerland in the first place.
—Megan Feringa, New York Times, 10 July 2025
In the postwar years, Malaparte claimed that his imprisonments by Mussolini were proof of his anti-Fascist credentials—or, at least, his irrepressible nonconformity.
—Thomas Meaney, New Yorker, 2 July 2025
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Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 17 July 2025
On Pressing Onward, Freedia is creating her own religious experience of sorts — one that marries the powerful peaks and sonorous valleys of gospel with the irrepressible, relentless energy of bounce.
—Joe Lynch, Billboard, 23 June 2025
The Seattle Reign midfielder is less a player in her home nation and more an irrepressible force of nature, the very reason Wales are in Switzerland in the first place.
—Megan Feringa, New York Times, 10 July 2025
In the postwar years, Malaparte claimed that his imprisonments by Mussolini were proof of his anti-Fascist credentials—or, at least, his irrepressible nonconformity.
—Thomas Meaney, New Yorker, 2 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for irrepressible
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Nothing important happened, but something happened, sort of — something scary and uncontrollable.—
Kathryn VanArendonk,
Vulture,
1 Aug. 2025
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It's been 28 years since the rage virus — a virulent, bloodborne infection that sends its hosts into extreme, uncontrollable rage and states of undead decay — escaped a lab and decimated nearly all of the United Kingdom, now under rigid quarantine.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
20 June 2025
Adjective
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In addition, actor Devon Sawa, who portrayed obsessive fan Stan in the original video for the 2000 song from his The Marshall Mathers LP also pulled up to the STANS lookalike contest in New York to meet some fellow Stans, pose with Slim Shady and help judge the contest.—
Gil Kaufman,
Billboard,
7 Aug. 2025
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And then, there are obsessive checking habits, with users often responding to measurement changes rather than bodily cues.—
Taylor Lane,
Flow Space,
5 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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There are discretionary income, repeat business and compulsive collectors at state.—
Dewayne Bevil,
The Orlando Sentinel,
5 Aug. 2025
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Shay was diagnosed with preeclampsia and later HELLP syndrome (hemolysis, elevated liver enzymes, low platelet count) and later postpartum obsessive compulsive disorder.—
David Oliver,
USA Today,
22 July 2025
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This eight-episode Netflix Arctic comedy is a must-watch about a young Inuk woman who wants to build a new future for herself and her daughter after a spontaneous split from her husband.—
Dana Feldman,
Forbes.com,
15 Aug. 2025
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What followed was a whirlwind of emergency vet visits, a spontaneous adoption and a shocking diagnosis that led to a major surgery.—
Maria Morava,
MSNBC Newsweek,
12 Aug. 2025
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“Irrepressible.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/irrepressible. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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