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permanent

[pur-muh-nuhnt] / ˈpɜr mə nənt /


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Japan tightened rules for permanent residency this month, with foreigners required to have higher annual incomes and greater fluency in Japanese.

From Barron's ● Oct. 17, 2026

This is often a two-step process of temporary and then permanent status that takes several years.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 16, 2026

For decades, many archaeologists linked the beginnings of organised warfare to farming, when people began living in permanent settlements and competing over land, livestock and food stores.

From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2026

But it makes their objections real and permanent, a record they can’t quietly revise later.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026

They began replacing the barbed wire fences with permanent slabs of concrete.

From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin


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