irreversible

Example Sentences

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Nonetheless, the degradation of the Islamic Republic as a military and nuclear power has been enormous and is likely irreversible.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 19, 2026

"Especially in cities and in places with low knowledge about balanced diets, a price shock can worsen the quality of nutrition such that the consequences are long term and irreversible."

From Science Daily • Mar. 15, 2026

She said "irreversible suffering has been imposed on our family".

From BBC • Mar. 13, 2026

U.S. companies, assuming the trend would be irreversible, made multibillion-dollar investments in the first decades of the 2000s to buy up rivals at premium prices.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 5, 2026

After declaring his irreversible intention to retire, Washington devoted several paragraphs to the need for national unity.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis