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permanence

[pur-muh-nuhns] / ˈpɜr mə nəns /


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"I wanted to have some permanence," he said.

From BBC • May 13, 2026

For 47 years, my family built an identity against the permanence of the Islamic Republic.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 11, 2026

As the look fades, it leaves behind questions rather than permanence.

From Salon • Jan. 10, 2026

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

From Slate • Jan. 10, 2026

Only when agriculture came into practice—and that’s not very long ago in terms of the whole history—did a place achieve meaning and value and permanence.

From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck




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