perennial

Example Sentences

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Instead, the company said, the measure is aimed at tackling a perennial problem in California’s legal system: attorneys pushing car crash victims into expensive surgeries in order to fatten their fees.

From Los Angeles Times

“End of Beginning” doesn’t appear in the show, but Keery is a perennial fan favorite, thanks to his gravity-defying hair and deadpan one-liners.

From The Wall Street Journal

While accepting the inaugural award for best podcast at last Sunday’s Golden Globes, Amy Poehler — perennial optimist and the mind behind some of contemporary culture’s most feel-good media — made a rare off-color joke.

From Salon

The proposed power-sector reforms could make it easier to solve India’s perennial problem of patchy electricity supply and improve the financial condition of state-run electricity distributors.

From The Wall Street Journal

Monk fruit is a perennial vine native to China and a member of the gourd family.

From Science Daily