intractable
Example Sentences
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Given that AI uses a tremendous amount of energy and water, public servants should be applying it towards solving society’s most intractable problems, not creating racist tropes or belittling people for exercising their democratic rights.
From Salon
Although the box-office uncertainty caused by the pandemic is on the wane, it has been swiftly replaced by uncertainty of another, perhaps more intractable sort: tumult within Marvel Studios itself.
From Los Angeles Times
It also distracts voters from more intractable concerns like gun violence, school funding, and inflation, he said.
From Washington Post
Why is food price inflation so intractable, if not in world commodity markets, then where it counts - in bazaars and grocery stores and kitchen tables around the world?
From Washington Times
Why is food price inflation so intractable, if not in world commodity markets, then where it counts — in bazaars and grocery stores and kitchen tables around the world?
From Seattle Times
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