as in irreversible
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not capable of being changed; impossible to revoke
She has made an irrevocable decision. an irrevocable change
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Recent Examples of irrevocable
This irrevocable trust can be changed, designed to offer flexibility while maintaining key asset protections.
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Matt Emma, USA Today, 17 Nov. 2025
Weigh the value of a trust A trust comes in two forms, revocable (changeable) or irrevocable (not changeable).
—Jill Schlesinger, Mercury News, 27 Oct. 2025
The damage done by their previous defection was irrevocable, alas.
—Marlene L. Daut
september 22, Literary Hub, 22 Sep. 2025
The idea is that sudden and potentially irrevocable change can be a good thing, too.
—Gregory Barber, Quanta Magazine, 15 Sep. 2025
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Matt Emma, USA Today, 17 Nov. 2025
Weigh the value of a trust A trust comes in two forms, revocable (changeable) or irrevocable (not changeable).
—Jill Schlesinger, Mercury News, 27 Oct. 2025
The damage done by their previous defection was irrevocable, alas.
—Marlene L. Daut
september 22, Literary Hub, 22 Sep. 2025
The idea is that sudden and potentially irrevocable change can be a good thing, too.
—Gregory Barber, Quanta Magazine, 15 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for irrevocable
Recent Examples of Synonyms for irrevocable
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Fire in all its forms, literal and figurative and symbolic—the consuming ardor of desire, the irreversible incinerations of loss, the flaming swords of Genesis—is the central subject of Kelly Hoffer’s second collection Fire Series.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
2 Feb. 2026
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One party makes large, irreversible investments in a relationship, and the other party can then extract additional concessions because walking away is too costly.—
Spencer Harrison,
New York Times,
1 Feb. 2026
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The mature trees lining the Las Olas median, in particular the black olive trees, are irreplaceable.—
Susannah Bryan,
Sun Sentinel,
4 Feb. 2026
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Back in late 2025, Landesamt für Denkmalpflege und Archäologie (LDA) of Saxony-Anhalt set forth to excavate a stretch of land east of Reinstedt to ensure that the construction of a wind farm wouldn’t rip up irreplaceable traces of the past.—
Maria Mocerino,
Interesting Engineering,
1 Feb. 2026
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Rattling off the potential for irreparable harm, the attorney said that demobilizing the project and then restarting it would significantly delay the overall timeline of the critical infrastructure project, or even torpedo the whole thing.—
Molly Crane-Newman,
New York Daily News,
6 Feb. 2026
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With import‑export activities stalled, especially in the garment sector, the country faces irreparable damage.—
Glenn Taylor,
Sourcing Journal,
5 Feb. 2026
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“Irrevocable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/irrevocable. Accessed 10 Feb. 2026.
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