intractable
Example Sentences
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Given that AI uses a tremendous amount of energy and water, public servants should be applying it towards solving society’s most intractable problems, not creating racist tropes or belittling people for exercising their democratic rights.
From Salon
In the meantime, every passing day risks the war becoming intractable.
From BBC
However, the trip will be overshadowed by historical issues and other disputes between the two countries - in some of which progress has been made, while others remain intractable.
From Reuters
Although the box-office uncertainty caused by the pandemic is on the wane, it has been swiftly replaced by uncertainty of another, perhaps more intractable sort: tumult within Marvel Studios itself.
From Los Angeles Times
It also distracts voters from more intractable concerns like gun violence, school funding, and inflation, he said.
From Washington Post
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