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Recent Examples of adamantine Image My first collision with the adamantine wall of Vivamayr house rules coincided with my arrival. Caity Weaver, New York Times, 25 Jan. 2025 Although Bush and Obama both flirted with what was once called entitlement reform, Trump and Biden now present themselves as adamantine defenders of Social Security and Medicare, each accusing the other of secretly aiming to cut those programs. Matthew Karp, Harper's Magazine, 2 Oct. 2024 This view is much in vogue today, casting China not as a country that responds to pressure and incentives but as an adamantine force incapable of reacting to external stimuli. Julian Gewirtz, Foreign Affairs, 13 Oct. 2020 This poor little deer had to be sacrificed by your adamantine reviewer to show you how the new tool works. PCMAG, 30 May 2024 At the Guggenheim Bilbao, at Glenstone, at SF MoMA and in St. Louis — in so many places around the world — Serra’s adamantine sculptures act on you. Sebastian Smee, Washington Post, 27 Mar. 2024 She is known for her aphoristic precision and intense, adamantine paragraphs. Matthew Gavin Frank, Harper's Magazine, 21 Feb. 2022 So contrary to what Gordon suggests, effective teaching, as Weber saw it, involves much more than pitting students’ opinions against adamantine facts. Peter E. Gordon, The New York Review of Books, 19 Nov. 2020 Davosites are defined by their adamantine belief in economic and social liberalism and their position at the top of various global organisations. The Economist, 16 Nov. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for adamantine
Adjective
  • Warner was adamant that oppressors should be stopped not only using military force, but also with intellectual muscle and dialogue.
    Chris Yogerst / Made by History, TIME, 6 Mar. 2025
  • House Speaker Daniel Perez, a Miami Republican who championed the law in 2022, has been adamant that mandatory financial reserves for building maintenance are essential in preventing another building from crumbling to the ground.
    Alexandra Glorioso, Miami Herald, 1 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • Another type of hyperpigmentation that kojic acid can help with is melasma—a stubborn and hard-to-treat skin condition characterized by splotchy, brown or grayish patches.
    Jenna Ryu, SELF, 4 Mar. 2025
  • But four months after becoming the first Republican in two decades to win the popular vote, Trump faces a new reality of needing to tackle some of the most stubborn challenges awaiting any new president and deliver on his campaign promises to lower prices.
    CNN.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 4 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • Many in the department remain steadfast that Mercado should be disciplined — or at least removed from the prestigious investigative unit.
    Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 8 Mar. 2025
  • The key is to recognize that while retirement planning has evolved with technology, certain fundamental principles remain steadfast.
    Wayne Anderman, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2025

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“Adamantine.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/adamantine. Accessed 14 Mar. 2025.

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