resistant

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Bitcoin developers Hunter Beast and Ethan Heilman introduced a draft proposal in 2024 to make bitcoin more resistant to quantum attacks.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 31, 2026

Patients with resistant hypertension face a higher risk of serious cardiovascular events such as heart attacks and heart failure.

From Science Daily • Mar. 30, 2026

Other finance executives are weighing staff cuts, particularly for employees who are more resistant to gaining new technological skills.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 24, 2026

At the end of the Ashes, McCullum appeared resistant to having change imposed on him, and Key said he does not want the coach to lose his "authenticity".

From BBC • Mar. 23, 2026

Nearly half a century ago, a professor of entomology at Washington State College, A. L. Melander, asked the now purely rhetorical question, “Can insects become resistant to sprays?”

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson