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Recent Examples of unsinkable
At first, Taiwan was primarily a military asset – an unsinkable aircraft carrier off China’s coast – whose cultural similarity to China enabled its companies to partner with American firms, investing in China during the 1980s.
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Wesley Alexander Hill, Forbes.com, 11 Apr. 2025
So the analysis confirmed the testimony of naval architect Edward Wilding—who helped design Titanic—as to how a ship touted as unsinkable could have met such a fate.
—ArsTechnica, 10 Apr. 2025
An unsinkable interest Titanic kids — and often by extension, their parents — know all about the sister ships, the R.M.S. Olympic and the H.M.H.S. Britannic; the rescue of the surviving passengers by the R.M.S. Carpathia; and the classes of passengers (first, second and third).
—Janet Manley, New York Times, 5 Apr. 2025
This hybrid amphibious boat combines performance and comfort, transitioning from land to water in seconds, and is virtually unsinkable.
—Jim Dobson, Forbes, 20 Nov. 2024
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Wesley Alexander Hill, Forbes.com, 11 Apr. 2025
So the analysis confirmed the testimony of naval architect Edward Wilding—who helped design Titanic—as to how a ship touted as unsinkable could have met such a fate.
—ArsTechnica, 10 Apr. 2025
An unsinkable interest Titanic kids — and often by extension, their parents — know all about the sister ships, the R.M.S. Olympic and the H.M.H.S. Britannic; the rescue of the surviving passengers by the R.M.S. Carpathia; and the classes of passengers (first, second and third).
—Janet Manley, New York Times, 5 Apr. 2025
This hybrid amphibious boat combines performance and comfort, transitioning from land to water in seconds, and is virtually unsinkable.
—Jim Dobson, Forbes, 20 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unsinkable
Adjective
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This is what the whole night felt like — youthful, buoyant, and carefree.—
Larisha Paul,
Rolling Stone,
4 Oct. 2025
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Guillarmé reported the label’s sales remained buoyant, even in the Middle East, except in Doha, where business was slower than two or three years ago.—
Ellen Groves,
Footwear News,
2 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Companies with a smaller market value generally tend to have more floating rate debt than larger businesses.—
Lisa Kailai Han,
CNBC,
11 Sep. 2025
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Social media posts and years of reviewing cookie-cutter luxury hotels had conditioned me to equate floating breakfasts, monogrammed accessories, butler service, and aromatherapy menus as markers of a dreamy luxury vacation.—
Katherine Alex Beaven,
Travel + Leisure,
22 Oct. 2024
Adjective
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Inside Venezuela, authorities have turned to heavier taxation and extortion of businesses to keep the state’s security apparatus afloat.—
Antonio María Delgado,
Miami Herald,
2 Oct. 2025
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Not long after, the district decided to essentially lend $25 million to the Isaac Elementary School District to help that district stay afloat, and then spent more than $15 million on new land.—
Alexandra Hardle,
AZCentral.com,
30 Sep. 2025
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“Unsinkable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unsinkable. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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