irreplaceable

Example Sentences

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But it is copper, now an irreplaceable metal for the economy, that has become the object of global strategic contention.

From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026

Helium plays an irreplaceable part in the manufacturing process for semiconductor chips and Qatar supplies a third of the global output.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 31, 2026

“And that’s the central tension of this world: the promise of efficiency versus the irreplaceable process of being human.”

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 14, 2026

Not by banning it or worshiping it, but by designing it to strengthen the irreplaceable human skills that business demands.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 25, 2026

For seven years the two friends had been inseparable, each, by virtue of the rarity of similar and equal sensibilities, irreplaceable to the other.

From "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote