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as in steadfast
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as in unhesitating
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Recent Examples of unfaltering
His flow is fierce and unfaltering, while the choreography is kinetic and intense.
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Olivia Munson, USA TODAY, 19 Sep. 2024
Even before those darker undertones take relentless hold, there’s an unfaltering, genuine honesty to both the handling of the material and the tender, believable performances of her actors, whose actual ages qualify them as bona fide teens, unlike those often cast in mainstream productions.
—Michael Rechtshaffen, Los Angeles Times, 2 June 2023
Much of this might have been formulaic in less artful hands, but Kore-eda has an unfaltering lightness of touch, a way of injecting emotional veracity and spontaneity into every moment.
—David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 May 2022
Despite her horror ordeal, spurred on by the unfaltering support from family and friends, brave Dawn is refusing to give up.
—Hayley Richardson and Jane Cohen, Fox News, 9 May 2017
Olivia Munson, USA TODAY, 19 Sep. 2024
Even before those darker undertones take relentless hold, there’s an unfaltering, genuine honesty to both the handling of the material and the tender, believable performances of her actors, whose actual ages qualify them as bona fide teens, unlike those often cast in mainstream productions.
—Michael Rechtshaffen, Los Angeles Times, 2 June 2023
Much of this might have been formulaic in less artful hands, but Kore-eda has an unfaltering lightness of touch, a way of injecting emotional veracity and spontaneity into every moment.
—David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 May 2022
Despite her horror ordeal, spurred on by the unfaltering support from family and friends, brave Dawn is refusing to give up.
—Hayley Richardson and Jane Cohen, Fox News, 9 May 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unfaltering
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Spain and Italy have both denied America use of military bases in their territory; Britain, the erstwhile steadfast ally of America, wavered on the issue, too.—
Idrees Kahloon,
The Atlantic,
5 Apr. 2026
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There’s something agonizingly beautiful in waiting—in longing, in steadfast desire.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
3 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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The film doesn’t idealize the president as a man of unhesitating certainties.—
David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
2 Sep. 2025
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But its guiding principle this time is not idealism but realism, with an unhesitating embrace of national interests and increased recourse to power politics.—
Sarang Shidore,
Foreign Affairs,
31 Aug. 2023
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His unfailing commitment to civilian authority gave time for government institutions to sink roots, and established norms that gelled into the professional ethos of our military today.—
Kori Schake,
The Atlantic,
22 Mar. 2026
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The young monarch is thought to have spent an hour alone before taking up her duties with the unfailing stoicism that would come to define her historic reign.—
Hope Coke,
Vanity Fair,
7 Feb. 2026
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Ben Steinberg, a 26-year-old film student at Cal State Northridge, has long been a vocal and active proponent of reopening Hollywood’s Cinerama Dome, which has been closed since the onset of the pandemic in March 2020.—
Mark Olsen,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Apr. 2026
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Some were axed immediately; others were rewritten and re-recorded, keeping Oli’s voice pure, stripped of the vocal doubling that had been his signature on previous records.—
Lily Moayeri,
SPIN,
6 Apr. 2026
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Drawn entirely from Capote’s own words, this funny and heartbreaking one-man play is an unflinching portrait of an artist at his breaking point, confronting the consequences of his most scandalous work.—
Dalton Ross,
Entertainment Weekly,
16 Mar. 2026
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The film is an unflinching, lyrical, and ultimately moving study of an artist’s mind, offering profound insights into the intersections of mental health, creativity, loneliness, and human resilience.—
Matthew Carey,
Deadline,
12 Mar. 2026
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The bumps and bruises, aches, pain and fatigue that comes with air travel and sleeping in hotels and the unrelenting schedule takes its toll.—
Dom Amore,
Hartford Courant,
31 Mar. 2026
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With live-service video games, the landscape has been increasingly defined by aggressive monetization, unrelenting promotions & crossovers, alongside escalating hardware demands, Super Animal Royale occupies a, refreshing, distinctive middle ground.—
MSNBC Newsweek,
MSNBC Newsweek,
29 Mar. 2026
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Patients with hemimegalencephaly can suffer from unremitting epilepsy and intellectual disabilities, and often need neurosurgery during infancy.—
Jerome Groopman,
New Yorker,
6 Apr. 2026
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There seemed to be an element of sadomasochistic play in their relationship, of withholding and succumbing, that contravenes the popular sense of an unremitting dominant-submissive dynamic.—
Daphne Merkin,
The Atlantic,
31 Oct. 2025
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Their best defense in the opening period Saturday was a relentless, sustained attack that resulted in a 1-0 lead midway through the first.—
Elliott Teaford,
Oc Register,
5 Apr. 2026
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Each character was sustained through market cycles, leadership changes, and the relentless churn of digital disruption because the companies understood that the franchise, not the campaign, was the unit of value.—
Stuart N. Brotman,
Fortune,
5 Apr. 2026
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“Unfaltering.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unfaltering. Accessed 12 Apr. 2026.
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