extinguishable

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for extinguishable
Adjective
  • The labrets themselves, likely made of perishable materials like wood or leather, have long since vanished, leaving only their unintended signature on skeletal remains.
    Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 3 Feb. 2025
  • So that’s a very important thing, to collect the perishable evidence.
    Gary Stix, Scientific American, 30 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • But what Garry learned through his unique, unexpected, painful, and beautiful odyssey is that these mortal moments can also energize and inspire.
    Jason Phillips, USA TODAY, 19 Feb. 2025
  • Such a merging of a mortal individual with a pitilessly abstract power like Nemesis is closer to myth than to history.
    Rachel Hadas, The Conversation, 5 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • But some games, from a particular phase of enthusiasm for particles, destructible environments, and smooth-moving hair, will take a notable hit if their owners upgrade to the latest Nvidia cards.
    Ars Technica, Ars Technica, 18 Feb. 2025
  • Storm's Recovery Rumble: Resolved a bug where Storm's Ultimate Ability could end abnormally if trapped by recovering destructible structures.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 6 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • The program's framework encourages a cooperative relationship with the IRS, allowing taxpayers to address discrepancies in a more controlled and predictable manner.
    Jessica Ledingham, J.D., LL.M., Forbes, 17 Jan. 2025
  • Her first poetry collection, 2019’s Hard Damage, is a controlled and imaginative exploration of the effect of exile on the self.
    Jasmine Vojdani, Vulture, 13 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • Revenue from the hotel room tax known as transient occupancy tax or TOT increased from $19.1 million to $19.7 million, or 3%.
    Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Feb. 2025
  • The environment, lifestyle changes, and short-term fluctuations such as transient illnesses or restless sleep impact that day and the following two weeks!
    Luciana Paulise, Forbes, 25 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • Zhang films the turbulent yet nuanced action in dry, restrained tableaux of an elusive lyricism, a poetry that, to match Beibei’s relentless pursuits, remains just out of reach.
    Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 29 Jan. 2025
  • Some folks might overstate the likely influence of those who call for a more restrained U.S. approach to the world within a second Trump administration, the scholars wrote in the opinion piece.
    Cory Smith, Baltimore Sun, 23 Jan. 2025
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“Extinguishable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/extinguishable. Accessed 2 Mar. 2025.

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