determination
Example Sentences
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I know, I know, they’re adorable, with their wide “eyes” and squat toddler-like determination as they trundle along, pausing in careful recalculation whenever they encounter a curb, street sign, a sidewalk cafe table.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 14, 2026
"We are also driven by our determination to keep Lebanon connected to the rest of the world."
From Barron's • Apr. 11, 2026
It’s the environment, but then it’s about whether you have the personality, the drive, the determination.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026
She accepted that the trial judge must make the ultimate determination.
From Slate • Apr. 10, 2026
Slowly, the MDR project in Carabayllo, due to Jim Kim’s and Jaime Bayona’s dogged determination, was making progress with the fifty patients.
From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French
Vocabulary lists containing determination
Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" Speech (1963)
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Joyous Kwanzaa! Vocabulary Worth Celebrating
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"I Have a Dream" by Martin Luther King Jr.
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