as in grim
showing no signs of slackening or yielding in one's purpose
the team's offense was relentless in trying to score a touchdown
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Recent Examples of relentless
Selling programs have been relentless in the S & P 500, as many of these algorithmic systems look to push ranges (both lower and higher), flushing weak longs out of the market.
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Jeff Kilburg, CNBC, 6 Mar. 2026
There is the realness of relentless childcare, the care of elderly parents, of diminishing returns.
—Literary Hub, 5 Mar. 2026
The 22-year-old had been relentless in her pursuit of a goal all match against rival Canada, and her stubbornness finally paid off in the 55th minute.
—Melanie Anzidei, New York Times, 5 Mar. 2026
The reality is that getting a look—any look, be that a custom dress or a runway outfit—on a celebrity is a journey that involves a relentless stylist, a willing designer, an effective publicist, and an army of steadfast assistants.
—José Criales-Unzueta, Vanity Fair, 4 Mar. 2026
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Jeff Kilburg, CNBC, 6 Mar. 2026
There is the realness of relentless childcare, the care of elderly parents, of diminishing returns.
—Literary Hub, 5 Mar. 2026
The 22-year-old had been relentless in her pursuit of a goal all match against rival Canada, and her stubbornness finally paid off in the 55th minute.
—Melanie Anzidei, New York Times, 5 Mar. 2026
The reality is that getting a look—any look, be that a custom dress or a runway outfit—on a celebrity is a journey that involves a relentless stylist, a willing designer, an effective publicist, and an army of steadfast assistants.
—José Criales-Unzueta, Vanity Fair, 4 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for relentless
Adjective
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The logic of what attracts the news media’s interest can be quite grim.—
Robert Moor,
New Yorker,
2 Mar. 2026
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Sunday’s attack now occupies that grim distinction in Austin’s modern history.—
Emiliano Tahui Gómez,
Austin American Statesman,
2 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Dengler endured endless torture and other miseries — escaping from prison was just the beginning of his ordeal in the jungle — but Bale plays him as a determined optimist, an indomitable spirit that cannot be crushed.—
Tim Grierson,
Vulture,
7 Mar. 2026
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We are both disciplined, determined and accomplished men.—
Abigail Van Buren,
Boston Herald,
7 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Then late last year Stacey Wondra was charged with first-degree murder, kidnapping in the second degree, destruction of evidence and a persistent violator enhancement, which can be added by prosecutors when someone has been convicted of at least three felonies.—
Alex Brizee
March 3,
Idaho Statesman,
4 Mar. 2026
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The department launched the HyCAT initiative in 2022 to address persistent testing bottlenecks.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
4 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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The resistance to public disclosure has been wickedly unrelenting, overcome only by an act of Congress last year.—
Kevin Rennie,
Hartford Courant,
7 Mar. 2026
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As the contentious hearing unfolded in Washington, an ICE agent shot and killed 37-year-old Renee Good hundreds of miles away on the streets of Minneapolis, setting off what would become weeks of unrelenting protests and lawsuits against the administration.—
Danya Gainor,
CNN Money,
4 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Lydia, naturally, has her own reasons for pairing Agnes and Daisy together, evolving from a ruthless zealot and disciplinarian in Handmaid’s Tale into a kind of double agent looking to overthrow Gilead from within the hallowed halls of power in Testaments, as the finale set her up to do.—
Max Gao,
HollywoodReporter,
5 Mar. 2026
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After enduring a tough patch in business, fate changes his course, turning him into El Serpiente, a ruthless political strategist.—
Anna Marie de la Fuente,
Variety,
3 Mar. 2026
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“Relentless.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/relentless. Accessed 10 Mar. 2026.
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