permanence

Example Sentences

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For his part, Smithson, who died in a plane crash in 1973, thought of permanence as the biggest myth of all, according to Lisa LeFeuvre, director of the Holt/Smithson Foundation.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 15, 2026

Compounding that issue is the permanence of AI-related job losses.

From Barron's • Feb. 23, 2026

When authorization denials become effectively unreviewable, legal error hardens into permanence by default.

From Slate • Jan. 10, 2026

The bond between Noah and Allie is a prism through which to experience both the transience and the permanence of what matters most to us in life.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 9, 2026

But the furniture was impressively old, heavy, and sent out signals of permanence and settled judgment.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides