catch-22

Example Sentences

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The catch-22 is that while stem cell transplants can prevent this failure, the usual preparative chemotherapy or radiation can cause severe complications or even cancer.

From Science Daily • Nov. 7, 2025

It’s kind of a catch-22 because we’re so exhausted and tired that, what do we do?

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 6, 2025

He had extensive contact with mental health services, but Sir Adrian said he was "caught in a catch-22" with no continuity of care.

From BBC • Apr. 26, 2024

But they had a sort of a catch-22.

From Scientific American • Sep. 28, 2023

As a result of the Armstrong decision, defendants who suspect racial bias on the part of prosecutors are trapped in a classic catch-22.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander