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adamant

[ad-uh-muhnt, -mant] / ˈæd ə mənt, -ˌmænt /




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Traveling extensively with her archaeologist husband in Mesopotamia, Christie was adamant that “all I needed was a steady table and a typewriter.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026

“Maija was very adamant about really having conversations about understanding the Caribbean style and the Black experience through the Caribbean lens, which was really refreshing,” Garcia told The Times.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 24, 2026

One of the siblings owes quite a bit of child support, which my parents have been adamant about not paying.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 18, 2026

"I was so adamant that this would be a career for me, I just needed the opportunity," she said.

From BBC • Feb. 13, 2026

She's absolutely adamant that the first one, the one in the atrium, was put there by somebody else.

From "Linked" by Gordon Korman