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as in relentless
showing no signs of slackening or yielding in one's purpose
the pioneers faced the challenge of settling the frontier with unyielding courage
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as in hard
having a consistency that does not easily yield to pressure
knead the dough until it feels reasonably unyielding
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as in rigid
incapable of or highly resistant to bending
an unyielding steel bar
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as in stubborn
sticking to an opinion, purpose, or course of action in spite of reason, arguments, or persuasion
despite studies showing that limits on development would hurt the local economy, the town council remained unyielding in their support for these limits
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Recent Examples of unyielding
Moving Forward And Upward Assertive financial communication doesn’t mean being loud, dominant or unyielding.
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Joyce Marter, Forbes.com, 6 Sep. 2025
Looming over everything is the unyielding passage of time, from the quickly dwindling daylight to the players’ creaking knees.
—Taylor Antrim, Vogue, 21 July 2025
The unyielding door was at once a relief and a reprimand.
—Clare Sestanovich, New Yorker, 13 July 2025
Situated on Westgate Street, across the road from Cardiff Castle, the former FAW headquarters was described by many as stubbornly Victorian, dripping in an unyielding homage to the past.
—Megan Feringa, New York Times, 8 July 2025
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Joyce Marter, Forbes.com, 6 Sep. 2025
Looming over everything is the unyielding passage of time, from the quickly dwindling daylight to the players’ creaking knees.
—Taylor Antrim, Vogue, 21 July 2025
The unyielding door was at once a relief and a reprimand.
—Clare Sestanovich, New Yorker, 13 July 2025
Situated on Westgate Street, across the road from Cardiff Castle, the former FAW headquarters was described by many as stubbornly Victorian, dripping in an unyielding homage to the past.
—Megan Feringa, New York Times, 8 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unyielding
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Parrilla’s character is described as the ruthless proprietor of a shadowy electronic brothel whose obsession sets her on a relentless pursuit.—
Matt Grobar,
Deadline,
30 Sep. 2025
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But against relentless pressure from both the Green Bay Packers and Lions, Flacco, on multiple occasions, kept things from getting worse by avoiding sacks and other disastrous plays.—
Zac Jackson,
New York Times,
30 Sep. 2025
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Some of those have of a combination of both, but MetLife Stadium is hard of playing surface as there is in the league.—
Mark Kern,
MSNBC Newsweek,
29 Sep. 2025
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When Jason Wald, VP of production, pitched him on Longlegs with a two-minute clip, his instinct was to give the film a hard no.—
Scott Roxborough,
HollywoodReporter,
28 Sep. 2025
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Unlike traditional approaches, HydroSpread lets ultrathin polymer films form directly on water, eliminating the fragile and error-prone step of transferring films from rigid surfaces.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
26 Sep. 2025
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For Williams, slow dating isn’t about rigid rules or waiting 90 days before intimacy.—
Essence,
Essence,
24 Sep. 2025
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For years, scientists have focused on finding ways to neutralize or eliminate this stubborn waste.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
26 Sep. 2025
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That ever-persistent chasm that has existed between white students and those of color in public schools has remained stubborn in Michigan, where more than 18% of Michigan's public school students are Black.—
Lily Altavena,
Freep.com,
25 Sep. 2025
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Molina, a window dresser imprisoned for public indecency, escapes the grim reality of their confinement by retelling the plot of a glamorous Hollywood musical featuring his favorite silver screen diva, Ingrid Luna (Jennifer Lopez).—
Clayton Davis,
Variety,
24 Sep. 2025
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This one revealed fresh cause for concern, and a much more grim prognosis.—
Josh Crutchmer,
Rolling Stone,
24 Sep. 2025
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Australia and Colombia present stiff competition.—
Joshua Kloke,
New York Times,
30 Sep. 2025
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The latter character ushers in a stiff but amusing Mark Cuban cameo.—
David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
30 Sep. 2025
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While the police union is adamant the city needs to provide them raises, some community advocates have spoken out, arguing the police department already takes up a significant amount of the city's budget.—
Kelli Arseneau,
jsonline.com,
25 Sep. 2025
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And in a now-viral TikTok, Stunna was adamant about denying last-minute plus-ones to his wedding.—
Nathan Vinson,
PEOPLE,
24 Sep. 2025
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After Europe claimed the Cup in Rome in 2023, Team USA is determined to reclaim it on home soil.—
Katie Ann Lehman,
Variety,
25 Sep. 2025
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But things start to unravel when Abbie and Leila become determined to break free from the facility.—
Allison DeGrushe,
Entertainment Weekly,
25 Sep. 2025
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“Unyielding.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unyielding. Accessed 2 Oct. 2025.
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