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
Is his Golden State address an intractable obstacle or not?
From Los Angeles Times
One senses in these endeavors a not insincere overreaction that substitutes for political action, shifting responsibility onto potential victims and accepting the problem as intractable.
From Los Angeles Times
Modern white supremacy burns through the exhibition, both as searing illumination of its vile contours and as clenched fury at its intractable endurance.
From Los Angeles Times
The European statement referred to "Russia's stalling tactics", indicating how intractable Moscow's position remained.
From BBC
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