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intractable

[in-trak-tuh-buhl] / ɪnˈtræk tə bəl /


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But it sounds like there was one juror whose position is intractable, that they have this fixed view that isn’t changing, no matter how much more deliberations continue.

From Slate Sep. 4, 2026

Scientists used a new error correction strategy to encode 70 logical qubits and tackle a problem considered classically intractable.

From Science Daily Aug. 30, 2026

The intractable source of the problem, Bostwick said, is that the desert is for sale and real estate operations, some out-of-state, buy and then resell online.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 28, 2026

Now, he’s tackling another intractable problem: How to keep artificial-intelligence tools from cannibalizing the publishing industry.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 8, 2026

Self-conscious writers are also apt to whinge about how what they’re about to do is so terribly difficult and complicated and controversial: What are intractable conflicts?

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker




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