permanent

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The businessman however was never a permanent resident of the then Swiss Cottage, living there 10 years before selling it as a business, Richardson continued.

From BBC • Apr. 7, 2026

Built of cold, modern concrete, it stands as a permanent, if somewhat sterile, monument to a difficult past, with my grandfather’s name inscribed in the center.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 7, 2026

Eventually, they reach the bottom electrode, creating a permanent connection that short-circuits the device and leaves it stuck in the on state.

From Science Daily • Apr. 7, 2026

It does not compress the model’s permanent weights.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 6, 2026

The first shipload of captive Africans to arrive in the future United States came to Jamestown, Virginia—the first permanent English settlement in America—in August 1619.

From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis