as in uncontrollable
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Recent Examples of irrepressible
With his cheeky grin and irrepressible sense of humor, Roger Miller might easily have starred in a Western comedy about the wild, whimsical side of American life.
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Darryn King, Forbes, 2 Jan. 2025
But the evolution of Vin de France echoes the revolutionary spirit of France, an irrepressible drive for individuality and freedom despite the gravitas of history.
—Anna Lee C. Iijima, Bon Appétit, 22 Jan. 2025
For those who know Celine, two things repeatedly come to mind: her irrepressible smile and her incorrigible fight.
—Megan Feringa, The Athletic, 2 Jan. 2025
And yet, despite Nosferatu’s irrepressible gloom, there’s something undeniably … cozy about Eggers’s 19th-century Central Europe.
—Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 25 Dec. 2024
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Darryn King, Forbes, 2 Jan. 2025
But the evolution of Vin de France echoes the revolutionary spirit of France, an irrepressible drive for individuality and freedom despite the gravitas of history.
—Anna Lee C. Iijima, Bon Appétit, 22 Jan. 2025
For those who know Celine, two things repeatedly come to mind: her irrepressible smile and her incorrigible fight.
—Megan Feringa, The Athletic, 2 Jan. 2025
And yet, despite Nosferatu’s irrepressible gloom, there’s something undeniably … cozy about Eggers’s 19th-century Central Europe.
—Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 25 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for irrepressible
Adjective
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Joking was her version of uncontrollable tears, but Dr. Fenton neither laughed nor pressed to see what was behind Lilian’s inane laughter.—
Yiyun Li,
The New Yorker,
9 Mar. 2025
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Separating benefits from employee health also allows businesses to escape uncontrollable, often double-digit, group plan renewals.—
Jack Hooper,
Forbes,
4 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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So Far The studio run-throughs of the entire album are a delight to sample, as the occasional rough patches and vocal improvisations add authenticity to the band’s obsessive crusade for perfection.—
Ernesto Lechner,
Rolling Stone,
6 Mar. 2025
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The somewhat anonymous shapes of the EQS and EQE have not earned those machines many fans outside of obsessive aerodynamicists.—
Tim Stevens,
Ars Technica,
3 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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The school districts allege the companies designed their products in a way that encourages compulsive use, instills anxiety when users aren’t on the platform often enough and provides inadequate parental controls.—
Silas Allen,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
24 Feb. 2025
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As the chief of the Stanford Addiction Medicine Dual Diagnosis Clinic, she’s seen firsthand the harmful effects that compulsive use of social media, online shopping and video games can have on a relationship.—
Aditi Shrikant,
CNBC,
14 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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Creates opportunities for mentorship and career development through spontaneous interactions.—
Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic,
Forbes,
28 Feb. 2025
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Those days of spontaneous travel and memorable experiences don't have to be over.—
Kurt Knutsson, CyberGuy Report,
Fox News,
25 Feb. 2025
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“Irrepressible.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/irrepressible. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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