permanence
Example Sentences
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Only in retrospect could she see that the permanence she mourned had never been fixed; it was a world her parents had continually worked to hold in place.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 29, 2026
And yet, like many a restless wanderer, he craved a sense of place and permanence, which in one way or another is the theme of all his houses.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 27, 2026
I know we kind of forget them, because as a society we have the object permanence of like a two-month-old, and we routinely lose games of peekaboo to our policymakers.
From Salon ● Jun. 22, 2026
"I wanted to have some permanence," he said.
From BBC ● May 13, 2026
This was our bid for permanence: a rising generation that understood what was possible—and that even more was possible for them.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
Vocabulary lists containing permanence
Sheryl Sandberg Commencement Address 2016
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The Serpent King
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