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doggedness

[daw-gid-nis, dog-id-] / ˈdɔ gɪd nɪs, ˈdɒg ɪd- /
NOUN
perseverance
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Mr. de Moura, brilliant but unassuming, keeps the project on track through sheer doggedness.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

His doggedness would be almost admirable, if “We Will Dance Again” wasn’t so lazy.

From Salon ● Aug. 6, 2026

Rangers deserve credit for their doggedness in a crisis - and that's pretty much all you can say about a game that will scarcely see out the night in the memory bank.

From BBC ● Aug. 31, 2025

Those numbers could be gathered in any number of means, each of which was in its own way a test of your resourcefulness, doggedness and the trust you’d earned.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 3, 2023

I did well in school not so much through cleverness as through doggedness.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela




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