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| —adj | |
| 1. | characterized by or showing resistance; resisting |
| 2. | a. impervious to the action of corrosive substances, heat, etc: a highly resistant surface |
| b. (in combination): a heat-resistant surface | |
| —n | |
| 3. | a person or thing that resists |
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Resistant
is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
| an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance. |
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
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The pandemic is growing in many places, and strains resistant to all existing drugs are emerging.
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Leaks cost money, but so does making property leak-resistant, so you have to calculate your risks.
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