irreconcilable
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Both sides may be issuing largely maximalist lists of irreconcilable demands but there is still a suggestion of a possible meeting in Pakistan.
From BBC • Mar. 27, 2026
So much of contemporary literature reads like a tortured attempt to negotiate between the irreconcilable positions of righteous expression and guilty silence.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026
The flag itself has been a symbol of starkly irreconcilable ideals.
From Salon • Jan. 3, 2026
In times of high uncertainty, irreconcilable differences may mean further changes to the statement would mean robbing Peter to pay Paul.
From Barron's • Dec. 12, 2025
The debates in the ratifying conventions of the respective states only exposed the irreconcilable differences of opinion that the Constitution had so deftly bundled together.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
Vocabulary lists containing irreconcilable
Opposites Attract
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Go Set a Watchman
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The Federalist Papers, No. 78 by Alexander Hamilton
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