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Recent Examples of unsinkable
In this way, its role as a familiar calendar entity argues profoundly for itself, unsinkable and ever-long.
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Jordan Michelman, The Atlantic, 4 Sep. 2025
The company became famous for its 13-foot The Unsinkable Legend boat, which Fisher sawed in half and motored around in the aft portion to prove his unsinkable claim to be true.
—Renan Botelho, Footwear News, 14 July 2025
At first, Taiwan was primarily a military asset – an unsinkable aircraft carrier off China’s coast – whose cultural similarity to China enabled its companies to partner with American firms, investing in China during the 1980s.
—Wesley Alexander Hill, Forbes.com, 11 Apr. 2025
So the analysis confirmed the testimony of naval architect Edward Wilding—who helped design Titanic—as to how a ship touted as unsinkable could have met such a fate.
—ArsTechnica, 10 Apr. 2025
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Jordan Michelman, The Atlantic, 4 Sep. 2025
The company became famous for its 13-foot The Unsinkable Legend boat, which Fisher sawed in half and motored around in the aft portion to prove his unsinkable claim to be true.
—Renan Botelho, Footwear News, 14 July 2025
At first, Taiwan was primarily a military asset – an unsinkable aircraft carrier off China’s coast – whose cultural similarity to China enabled its companies to partner with American firms, investing in China during the 1980s.
—Wesley Alexander Hill, Forbes.com, 11 Apr. 2025
So the analysis confirmed the testimony of naval architect Edward Wilding—who helped design Titanic—as to how a ship touted as unsinkable could have met such a fate.
—ArsTechnica, 10 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unsinkable
Adjective
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Newborn sperm whales are negatively buoyant, making this post-birth support crucial to the calf’s survival.—
Samantha Agate,
Miami Herald,
4 Apr. 2026
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Whatever its ingredients, magma is naturally buoyant.—
Quanta Magazine,
Quanta Magazine,
27 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Companies with a smaller market value generally tend to have more floating rate debt than larger businesses.—
Lisa Kailai Han,
CNBC,
11 Sep. 2025
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Social media posts and years of reviewing cookie-cutter luxury hotels had conditioned me to equate floating breakfasts, monogrammed accessories, butler service, and aromatherapy menus as markers of a dreamy luxury vacation.—
Katherine Alex Beaven,
Travel + Leisure,
22 Oct. 2024
Adjective
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After being blackballed from the finance sector, Coop resorts to burglarizing the homes of those in his social circle and pawning the items to stay afloat.—
Ryan Brennan,
Charlotte Observer,
1 Apr. 2026
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Burglarizing the homes of those in his social circle and pawning the items just to stay afloat.—
Ryan Brennan
April 1,
Miami Herald,
1 Apr. 2026
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“Unsinkable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unsinkable. Accessed 7 Apr. 2026.
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