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continual

[kuhn-tin-yoo-uhl] / kənˈtɪn yu əl /


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“We have seen continual growth culminating in last year being the strongest year ever, absolutely running contrary to everything we had heard in 2025,” said Michael Lohan, the IDA’s chief executive office, in an interview.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 2026

Until we see persistent, continual job losses over a long period of time across the entire economy, the safe bet is that history is simply rhyming.

From Barron's • Mar. 27, 2026

Crew chief Marc Davis said in a pool report that both players were “assessed technical fouls for their continual taunting of one another.”

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 22, 2026

But even as oil prices have spiked and stock prices come down, Treasurys, often seen as a haven during times of market unease, haven’t rallied on a continual basis.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 19, 2026

The result was that the boat as a whole was under subtle but continual tension caused by the unreleased compression in the skin, something like a drawn bow waiting to be released.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown




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