intractability
Example Sentences
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A significant amount of storefronts stand vacant, and complaints about the intractability of problems facing businesses due to a large unhoused population have gone unabated.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 27, 2024
Shae McCrystal, a professor of labour law at the University of Sydney, said the strikes would not necessarily be seen as evidence of intractability.
From Reuters • Sep. 13, 2023
As a veteran of this field, I am struck, not by the intractability of high C-section rates but by how much low-hanging fruit exists.
From Scientific American • Jul. 21, 2023
“Opponents of term limits cite what they believe to be the intractability of these implementation questions as reason not to pursue term limits,” the draft final report’s executive summary said.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 6, 2021
The depth and apparent intractability of the problem became much clearer during the debates surrounding the drafting and ratification of the Constitution.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
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