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as in severity
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as in inexorability
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Recent Examples of relentlessness
That relentlessness got us through early days.
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James Manto, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
If anything, its attention to the sad textures of teenage life seems to acknowledge that for many young people today, paying attention to their own life might feel futile or too small, given the relentlessness of the news.
—Greta Rainbow, The Atlantic, 10 Sep. 2025
Just getting away from the stresses, the relentlessness of the job.
—Ali Rampling, New York Times, 10 Sep. 2025
Even Marty, one of the nicer guys on display in Coen and Cooke’s cockeyed crime movie, hits on Honey with an annoying relentlessness.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 20 Aug. 2025
James Manto, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
If anything, its attention to the sad textures of teenage life seems to acknowledge that for many young people today, paying attention to their own life might feel futile or too small, given the relentlessness of the news.
—Greta Rainbow, The Atlantic, 10 Sep. 2025
Just getting away from the stresses, the relentlessness of the job.
—Ali Rampling, New York Times, 10 Sep. 2025
Even Marty, one of the nicer guys on display in Coen and Cooke’s cockeyed crime movie, hits on Honey with an annoying relentlessness.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 20 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for relentlessness
Noun
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Being able to fully remove deep scratches in stainless steel depends on the severity.—
Ashlyn Needham,
Southern Living,
19 Sep. 2025
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Not every decision requires warmth, and not every correction requires severity.—
Cheryl Robinson,
Forbes.com,
19 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Rather than conjuring a mood of bracing inexorability, this linear focus only suffocates what might be an interesting debate, as a man of the modern world weighs his values against those of a woman raised in atavistic isolation.—
Richard Lawson,
HollywoodReporter,
7 Sep. 2025
Noun
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With both parties dug in, the likelihood of a shutdown remains high as the deadline approaches.—
Jenna Sundel
Gabe Whisnant,
MSNBC Newsweek,
19 Sep. 2025
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Decentralization can reduce the risk of government mismanagement or overreach, lessening the likelihood of currency debasement and/or runaway inflation.—
Alex Pron,
Forbes.com,
19 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Their pro-human vehemence was evident in every quote and frame.—
Steven Zeitchik,
HollywoodReporter,
10 Sep. 2025
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As the agency’s OK seemed near, the season premiere of South Park on Paramount’s Comedy Central on Wednesday eviscerated Trump – and Paramount’s legal settlement – with a vehemence that’s become increasingly rare.—
Ted Johnson,
Deadline,
24 July 2025
Noun
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Mackay and Turner are both excellent, two movie stars who seem totally game to be asked to move with real gruffness.—
Sam Bodrojan,
IndieWire,
7 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The Islamic Republic of Iran is determined to preserve its independence at any cost, stand on its own feet, and firmly resist the excessive demands, aggression, and acts of hostility by foreign powers—including the United States and the Zionist regime.—
Amira El-Fekki,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 Sep. 2025
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The message refers to the conflict in Gaza and calls for an end to hostilities.—
Kathleen Walsh,
Glamour,
15 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The harshness of the language and the raw politicking shocked voters.—
Matt Klink,
Oc Register,
6 Sep. 2025
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The bass doesn’t overpower vocals, and the treble avoids harshness.—
Prakhar Khanna,
Forbes.com,
11 Aug. 2025
Noun
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While VUMs require more testing to establish their true risks to public health, VOIs are explicitly confirmed to have genetic changes that affect virus characteristics like transmissibility and virulence.—
Jack Knudson,
Discover Magazine,
9 June 2025
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The diminished virulence that the pathogen evolved in response to more of its hosts dying potentially caused these earlier plague pandemics to fizzle out.—
Laura Baisas,
Popular Science,
29 May 2025
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“Relentlessness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/relentlessness. Accessed 21 Sep. 2025.
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