lastingness

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Anciently created as single-chamber tombs, dolmens dot the Danish landscape, and during the Romantic era became emblems of home pride, of national strength and lastingness.

From New York Times • Mar. 23, 2023

For American originalists, in particular, Magna Carta has a special lastingness.

From The New Yorker • Apr. 13, 2015

Mystery is part of his beauty and his lastingness.

From New York Times • Aug. 10, 2014

Because I have still undiminished confidence in the real lastingness of the bond between John and me.

From Saxe Holm's Stories by Jackson, Helen Hunt

Perhaps our feelings obey the laws of nature as to the lastingness of her creations; to a long life a long childhood.

From Ursula by Wormeley, Katharine Prescott