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intractable

[in-trak-tuh-buhl] / ɪnˈtræk tə bəl /


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"It's not about being faster. It's about being so dramatically faster that you change what is feasible. We will be able to solve problems that are absolutely intractable with classical computers," he says.

From BBC • Apr. 13, 2026

“Fusion lets us make our own suns. It makes really hard, intractable problems suddenly a little more solvable.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 6, 2026

Overlapping plots and jurisdictions trigger intractable land disputes.

From Barron's • Feb. 26, 2026

"Their paper should enable a broad spectrum of studies that previously were intractable."

From Science Daily • Jan. 19, 2026

Bono had, through his exertions—the boat being well nigh intractable, now swamped—snapped off the rowlock and a stave of the gunwale, wet with rot.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson




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