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persist

[per-sist, -zist] / pərˈsɪst, -ˈzɪst /


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The euro might struggle to sustain current gains against the dollar as French fiscal risks persist, Monex Europe said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

Because this ice can persist and accumulate over multiple years, it generally becomes thicker and more resilient than ice that forms during a single winter.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 15, 2026

The longer diesel cost pressures persist, the more likely they’ll be “baked into contracts between carriers and shippers and eventually find their way into consumer prices,” he said.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 14, 2026

They can fade over the course of weeks to months, but if patches persist and spread, it could be a sign of acne, which dermatologists consider a medical condition.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2026

Under particular circumstances there may be an economic or institutional investment in a bad solution that allows it to persist.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

If she persists, you may wish to make it clear that being single and without children does not mean that you have to abide by other people’s wishes.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 9, 2026

The global diesel shortage persists, leading to surging prices.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026

The system persists, but the system is fragile.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026

The bacterium still persists in natural rodent reservoirs in several regions.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 20, 2026

And we have done worse than that, because there persists to this day a traffic in the dead bodies of whales.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan

Their partnership persisted throughout the legal challenges Holmes faced.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

That produced a difference of 22.21 percentage points between the two groups, suggesting that the injection's effects persisted for several weeks after treatment ended.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 11, 2026

But complaints about missed packages and mail-order medications, as well as trouble setting up banking accounts and utilities, persisted.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2026

During the recent international break, many of the ideas we saw during the World Cup and prior have persisted.

From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026

From the Pilgrims to the founders of the United States and continuing to the present day, the idea of a covenant involving people and God has persisted.

From "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz

The likelihood of El Nino persisting through February 2027 is now close to 100%, according to new forecasts from the World Meteorological Organization, a UN agency.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026

After six months of war, the foes remain at an impasse, with Iran keeping the Strait of Hormuz closed and the United States persisting with a counter-blockade of Iranian ports.

From Barron's ● Sep. 1, 2026

Moreover, there are persisting concerns on the scope for a return to growth in 2027 and a large patent cliff problem further out, the analyst said.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 27, 2026

If Sapiens women had, in fact, regularly entered Neanderthal groups, we would expect to see a recent genetic signal of Sapiens ancestry persisting among the last Neanderthals.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 7, 2026

Primary thoroughfares have a way of persisting through the indignities of time—though Manhattan Island has been entirely resurfaced by human hands, the old Indian trail through it persists as Broadway.

From "Circumference" by Nicholas Nicastro


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