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as in severity
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as in inexorability
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Recent Examples of relentlessness
Control can look like leadership, urgency can look like commitment, and relentlessness can look like excellence.
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Dr. Shaoqing Sun,
Forbes.com,
1 July 2026
The film has a propulsive rhythm to it, a relentlessness, even as Wilde and editors Yorgos Mavropsaridis and Anthony Boys know when to ease off the throttle and take it easy for a bit.
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Mark Olsen,
Los Angeles Times,
25 June 2026
Minnesota dominated the paint – 38 points in the paint to the Valkyries’ 22 – and Williams was central to the relentlessness.
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Nathan Canilao,
Mercury News,
20 June 2026
His relentlessness and aggression with and without possession will be an asset to any top team.
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David Ornstein,
New York Times,
16 June 2026
How else to explain such relentlessness, such a refusal to stop even when most everyone would quit?
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Dana O’Neil,
CNN Money,
14 June 2026
That fantasy was always about escaping American pace — the commute, the density, the relentlessness of a career that consumed everything.
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Lindsey Harn,
Fortune,
6 June 2026
But the Canes are built in the image of Brind’Amour, playing with a suffocating 200-foot relentlessness that has produced a 12-1 playoff record so far.
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Steve Conroy,
Boston Herald,
1 June 2026
The leader breaks the long-standing political and moral consensus with unprecedented relentlessness.
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Literary Hub,
21 May 2026
Dr. Shaoqing Sun,
Forbes.com,
1 July 2026
The film has a propulsive rhythm to it, a relentlessness, even as Wilde and editors Yorgos Mavropsaridis and Anthony Boys know when to ease off the throttle and take it easy for a bit.
—
Mark Olsen,
Los Angeles Times,
25 June 2026
Minnesota dominated the paint – 38 points in the paint to the Valkyries’ 22 – and Williams was central to the relentlessness.
—
Nathan Canilao,
Mercury News,
20 June 2026
His relentlessness and aggression with and without possession will be an asset to any top team.
—
David Ornstein,
New York Times,
16 June 2026
How else to explain such relentlessness, such a refusal to stop even when most everyone would quit?
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Dana O’Neil,
CNN Money,
14 June 2026
That fantasy was always about escaping American pace — the commute, the density, the relentlessness of a career that consumed everything.
—
Lindsey Harn,
Fortune,
6 June 2026
But the Canes are built in the image of Brind’Amour, playing with a suffocating 200-foot relentlessness that has produced a 12-1 playoff record so far.
—
Steve Conroy,
Boston Herald,
1 June 2026
The leader breaks the long-standing political and moral consensus with unprecedented relentlessness.
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Literary Hub,
21 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for relentlessness
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Emergency drain cleaning runs $400 to $1,000 or more, depending on severity.
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While most wildfires in the past burned slowly across the forest floor, providing benefits to the forest, high-severity fires roar into the tops of the trees, burning 1,000 degrees or hotter, with flames that can reach 200 feet tall.
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The events set in motion at the end of Season 2 do flip the boulder that starts to roll down the hill, and there is the sense of inexorability.
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These poems are plainspoken, emotionally direct, haunted by the past and the inexorability of time.
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Saura had a large sense of the humor, which struck those who got to know him, belying the sternness of his public visage with his playful banter and frequent chuckle.
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The likelihood of lightning increases as a thunderstorm gets closer and reaches its highest point when the storm is directly overhead.
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In fact, striking research published in Science analyzed data on 588,322 people from 2011 through 2024 (excluding 2020-2021) found that the likelihood of spending a whole day alone increased 83% among those who worked remote and lived alone.
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Less than a minute later, Kerr found a new level of vehemence after the Clippers’ John Collins wasn’t called for goaltending on a shot by Gary Payton II.
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Dudamel and the orchestra delivered the score with absolute conviction and an almost punishing vehemence.
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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.
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But then Popper smiled and the arrival of opening day momentarily mellowed his gruffness.
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Engelbert has consistently mismanaged the overt physical hostility directed at the league's biggest star.
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Today, however, some experts suggest that explicit displays of racial hostility have become more visible in public spaces.
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The harshness of the response suggested that after nearly five decades of trying to negotiate with the SSPX, the Holy See has had enough.
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The harshness of the response suggested that after trying to negotiate with the SSPX, the Vatican under Leo XIV had had enough.
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“Relentlessness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/relentlessness. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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