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as in inexorability
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Recent Examples of relentlessness
French filmmaker David Moreau’s MadS is in some ways the platonic ideal of the one-shot film, using the lack of cuts to create a sense of propulsion and relentlessness that mirrors its characters’ descent into hell.
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Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 16 Oct. 2025
To cope with that relentlessness, Gunderson then moved the drill down to the 10-yard line in order to get Johnson back into the huddle sooner.
—Andy Greder, Twin Cities, 15 Oct. 2025
That’s how Finnie put himself on the map, playing with relentlessness on the forecheck while delivering some offense, too.
—Max Bultman, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
Bregman’s Astros were always defined by their tenacity and relentlessness, qualities this year’s Red Sox showed plenty of on Friday night.
—Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 27 Sep. 2025
That relentlessness got us through early days.
—James Manto, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
If anything, its attention to the sad textures of teenage life seems to acknowledge that for many young people today, paying attention to their own life might feel futile or too small, given the relentlessness of the news.
—Greta Rainbow, The Atlantic, 10 Sep. 2025
Even Marty, one of the nicer guys on display in Coen and Cooke’s cockeyed crime movie, hits on Honey with an annoying relentlessness.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 20 Aug. 2025
Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 16 Oct. 2025
To cope with that relentlessness, Gunderson then moved the drill down to the 10-yard line in order to get Johnson back into the huddle sooner.
—Andy Greder, Twin Cities, 15 Oct. 2025
That’s how Finnie put himself on the map, playing with relentlessness on the forecheck while delivering some offense, too.
—Max Bultman, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
Bregman’s Astros were always defined by their tenacity and relentlessness, qualities this year’s Red Sox showed plenty of on Friday night.
—Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 27 Sep. 2025
That relentlessness got us through early days.
—James Manto, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
If anything, its attention to the sad textures of teenage life seems to acknowledge that for many young people today, paying attention to their own life might feel futile or too small, given the relentlessness of the news.
—Greta Rainbow, The Atlantic, 10 Sep. 2025
Even Marty, one of the nicer guys on display in Coen and Cooke’s cockeyed crime movie, hits on Honey with an annoying relentlessness.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 20 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for relentlessness
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Both a quarantine and blockade are similar in essence, though differ in personnel and severity.—
Charlie Campbell,
Time,
23 Oct. 2025
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Scientists have tried to artificially bolster Florida’s coral populations by rearing colonies in nurseries both onshore and offshore, but the success of these efforts will depend on the frequency and severity of future bleaching events, the report said.—
Laura Paddison,
CNN Money,
23 Oct. 2025
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But then there is that deadness that enters into the closing chapters, which might as easily be called inexorability.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
23 Sep. 2025
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Rather than conjuring a mood of bracing inexorability, this linear focus only suffocates what might be an interesting debate, as a man of the modern world weighs his values against those of a woman raised in atavistic isolation.—
Richard Lawson,
HollywoodReporter,
7 Sep. 2025
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Tyrod Taylor could, in theory, raise the likelihood of winning another game somewhere along the way, but there is no upside.—
Jeff Howe,
New York Times,
25 Oct. 2025
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But an elevated inflation reading on Friday could give Fed officials pause, since a rate cut would increase the likelihood of a spike in demand that further drives up prices.—
Max Zahn,
ABC News,
24 Oct. 2025
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Dudamel and the orchestra delivered the score with absolute conviction and an almost punishing vehemence.—
Alex Ross,
New Yorker,
6 Oct. 2025
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Their pro-human vehemence was evident in every quote and frame.—
Steven Zeitchik,
HollywoodReporter,
10 Sep. 2025
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Mackay and Turner are both excellent, two movie stars who seem totally game to be asked to move with real gruffness.—
Sam Bodrojan,
IndieWire,
7 Sep. 2025
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Naroditsky’s untimely death has shined a spotlight on the dark underbelly of the game that fellow pros say brought undue hostility upon the chess star in his final months.—
Corey Williams,
Fortune,
22 Oct. 2025
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Presidents have wide latitude to deploy the Guard, and protection of federal property is an obvious justification in this season of violent hostility to ICE.—
Newsweek Contributors,
MSNBC Newsweek,
22 Oct. 2025
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Middleton aimed to create a score that reflects the harshness and hope of the desert setting.—
Audrey Gibbs,
Nashville Tennessean,
17 Oct. 2025
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The harshness of the language and the raw politicking shocked voters.—
Matt Klink,
Oc Register,
6 Sep. 2025
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One Pasteurella-like microbe carried genetic hints of virulence and has ties to deadly outbreaks in modern African elephants.—
Pranjal Malewar,
New Atlas,
30 Sep. 2025
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While VUMs require more testing to establish their true risks to public health, VOIs are explicitly confirmed to have genetic changes that affect virus characteristics like transmissibility and virulence.—
Jack Knudson,
Discover Magazine,
9 June 2025
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“Relentlessness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/relentlessness. Accessed 27 Oct. 2025.
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