as in sacred
not to be violated, criticized, or tampered with
one of the unassailable beliefs of that political party
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Recent Examples of unassailable
Their lead appears cemented and unassailable, but the major question surrounds the formation of a stable government.
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Sebastian Shukla, CNN, 16 Dec. 2024
In a far cry from the domination of 2023 and the early part of this season, Verstappen’s struggles — and reaction to those struggles — pointed to potential fissures within a team that once seemed unassailable.
—Madeline Coleman, The Athletic, 24 July 2024
Here, too, the majority found ways to interpret that category broadly and to make the presumption as unassailable as possible.
—Ruth Marcus, Washington Post, 1 July 2024
The return of the Rajapaksas to office with an unassailable mandate for their Sinhala-Buddhist nationalist politics and militaristic governing style spells disaster for human rights in Sri Lanka.
—Kate Cronin-Furman, Foreign Affairs, 29 Sep. 2020
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Sebastian Shukla, CNN, 16 Dec. 2024
In a far cry from the domination of 2023 and the early part of this season, Verstappen’s struggles — and reaction to those struggles — pointed to potential fissures within a team that once seemed unassailable.
—Madeline Coleman, The Athletic, 24 July 2024
Here, too, the majority found ways to interpret that category broadly and to make the presumption as unassailable as possible.
—Ruth Marcus, Washington Post, 1 July 2024
The return of the Rajapaksas to office with an unassailable mandate for their Sinhala-Buddhist nationalist politics and militaristic governing style spells disaster for human rights in Sri Lanka.
—Kate Cronin-Furman, Foreign Affairs, 29 Sep. 2020
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