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resistant

[ri-zis-tuhnt] / rɪˈzɪs tənt /


ADJECTIVE
impervious
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What’s needed is a balance between rival values and principles that is flexible, moderate and resistant to doctrinal purity.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 11, 2026

"You're altering the microbiome of your gut, and perhaps creating antibiotic resistant bacteria in your body that will fight off the drug therapy the next time you really need it," he said.

From Barron's ● Oct. 8, 2026

And yet I found myself strangely apathetic and at times resistant to participating in any of the hoopla around the Shannon/Narducy ensemble.

From Salon ● Oct. 7, 2026

Claire Brosseau, a woman with treatment resistant bipolar 1 disorder who is part of the federal case challenging Canada's current laws, told the BBC earlier this year that euthanasia would offer her "a safe death".

From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026

Farmer also reasoned these patients couldn’t have caught the same highly resistant strain, because each one’s TB had a slightly different pattern of resistance.

From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French


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