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intractable

[in-trak-tuh-buhl] / ɪnˈtræk tə bəl /


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The seemingly intractable issue over Hezbollah's weapons has long divided Lebanon, but Aoun appeared to believe he could solve it.

From BBC • Apr. 13, 2026

“Fusion lets us make our own suns. It makes really hard, intractable problems suddenly a little more solvable.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 6, 2026

Overlapping plots and jurisdictions trigger intractable land disputes.

From Barron's • Feb. 26, 2026

"Their paper should enable a broad spectrum of studies that previously were intractable."

From Science Daily • Jan. 19, 2026

Equal temperament, or the ‘well-tempered’ keyboard, wasn’t perfect, but it was a practical solution to what had hitherto seemed intractable problems.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall




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