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imperishable

[im-per-i-shuh-buhl] / ɪmˈpɛr ɪ ʃə bəl /


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In Mexico, far from the locus of her imperishable pain, Chaarte found moments of peace.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 7, 2024

It is an imperishable, unforgettable image of what can be lost when we forget how perishable is the thin crust of civilization that protects us — until it doesn’t.

From Washington Post • Sep. 16, 2022

But Finland kept the most important, most imperishable thing: its full independence as a free, self-determining nation.

From BBC • Mar. 15, 2022

When the novel was published in the mid-'70s, the composite model for this imperishable tyrant was Spain’s Francisco Franco and the rogues’ gallery of Caribbean and Latin American caudillos, or “strong men.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 2, 2021

There were twenty feet of sand and then black earth again, and even a piece of redwood, that imperishable wood that does not rot.

From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck