as in impenetrability
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Noun
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This may be Riley’s attempt to portray the insularity and impenetrability of Ruth’s community, a faith so particular that even the reader is denied access to it.—
Hannah Gold,
New Yorker,
29 Aug. 2025 -
For certain travelers, though, especially those who gravitate toward conflict zones and geopolitical oddities, Turkmenistan’s impenetrability has given it an alluring mystique.—
Joe Yogerst,
CNN Money,
31 July 2025
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Duco negates the need for any human intervention by leveraging a hanging robotic system that automatically sketches multi-layered circuity to enable novel large-scale interfaces.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
15 Feb. 2023
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Mazzone hopes that studying the neural circuity for coughing will eventually lead to new therapies.—
Sarah Zhang,
Discover Magazine,
11 Apr. 2012
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Capo said that vagueness is exactly what makes the TEA’s warning so concerning.—
Tiffani Jackson,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
17 Sep. 2025
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Your tolerance level for flakiness or vagueness can be flagged pretty quickly.—
Lucy Thorpe,
Refinery29,
10 Sep. 2025
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At the heart of the discovery lies one of quantum mechanics’ strangest features — uncertainty.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
19 Sep. 2025
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The deal, amended by Thailand's cabinet last month, ends a long period of uncertainty since work on the project began as far back as 2017.—
Micah McCartney,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 Sep. 2025
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Students who learn to navigate real-world complexity—whether through apprenticeships, startups, or hands-on projects—may end up better prepared.—
Sarah Hernholm,
Forbes.com,
17 Sep. 2025
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Even so, the article noted that tips for plumbers should start at about $20 for tasks like drain cleaning but increase with the complexity of the job.—
Susan Tompor,
USA Today,
16 Sep. 2025
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“Indirectness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/indirectness. Accessed 20 Sep. 2025.
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