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continuity

[kon-tn-oo-i-tee, -tn-yoo] / ˌkɒn tnˈu ɪ ti, -tnˈju /


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At a community college, where the players change every one or two years, continuity depends on the culture being passed down from one generation to the next.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 18, 2026

"Our findings suggest that repeated use of Hinoki root essential oil at home may support sleep initiation, sleep continuity, and feeling refreshed in the morning."

From Science Daily ● Oct. 6, 2026

Thomas said continuity of care came up repeatedly among the Tenovus survey of GPs.

From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026

“You look at such simple things as: Is there continuity? Is the company operating as it did or are there major hiccups?” he said, during a call from Belgium.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026

While he is a generation younger than my father, both he and his elder brother Max always symbolized a genuine and authentic continuity throughout the struggle.

From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey

But by bringing his archaeological focus to bear on the question, Mr. Blair unearths some puzzling continuities and raises the stakes.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2025

Despite the differences between the eras, the continuities are deeply significant, starting with the reality that wars are still war and humans are still human.

From Salon ● Jul. 9, 2023

Two world wars, genocide, a new surveillance state: as German identity has been riven again and again by historical events in the last century, what continuities can we expect from its fiction?

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 7, 2023

But Simon astutely observes that despite the heightened rhetoric, the surprising continuities between various administrations over the years outweigh the differences.

From Washington Post ● Apr. 20, 2023

Failing thus, we ought to let the originally given continuities stand on their own bottom.

From Essays in Radical Empiricism by William James


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