intractable
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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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