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doggedness

[daw-gid-nis, dog-id-] / ˈdɔ gɪd nɪs, ˈdɒg ɪd- /
NOUN
perseverance
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His doggedness would be almost admirable, if “We Will Dance Again” wasn’t so lazy.

From Salon Aug. 6, 2026

That is not only a mark of her determination, doggedness and competitiveness, but also quite the turnaround from Rio eight years ago.

From BBC Jul. 15, 2024

Thompson’s affability, he added, could disguise his intelligence and his street-fighter doggedness.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 22, 2023

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

Success is a function of persistence and doggedness and the willingness to work hard for twenty-two minutes to make sense of something that most people would give up on after thirty seconds.

From "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell




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