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persist

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


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Their findings suggest that these changes may persist for 5-10 years following successful weight loss.

From Science Daily Sep. 2, 2026

That’s because some idiosyncratic factors contributed to these recent growth rates, making it even less likely they will persist indefinitely.

From MarketWatch Aug. 29, 2026

El Niño is expected to persist into 2027, which is widely forecast to be the hottest year on record.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 29, 2026

Indonesian exports are expected to remain under pressure in the second half, with monthly trade deficits likely to persist as imports continue to outpace outbound shipments, RHB economist Wong Xian Yong said.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 28, 2026

How lonely it must have been to live twenty-some years with such a disease, to persist without complaint as your body is slowly and inexorably consumed.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama

"This work points to a completely different way of testing their possible role in cosmic history. Their descendants could leave a gravitational-wave imprint that persists all the way to the present-day Universe."

From Science Daily Aug. 27, 2026

The pond at Pond Farm on Wisley Common, adjacent to RHS Garden Wisley, has been drying up over recent weeks as the hot weather persists.

From BBC Aug. 17, 2026

“Nick cannot show that Mr. Kanin’s conduct — rather than the unresolved legal question that persists under an entirely different trustee — caused any delay in his receipt of the distribution.”

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 16, 2026

This is especially true when the inequality persists intergenerationally: Social mobility declines and public belief in opportunity for all collapses.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 10, 2026

The three-minute convention persists thanks in no small part to attention spans and radio playlist imperatives.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall

That genetic pattern has persisted for roughly 9,000 years, dating back to the rise of agriculture.

From Science Daily Aug. 27, 2026

A strong pace of inflows has persisted since then, even as the ETF briefly touched its lowest price since 2004.

From MarketWatch Aug. 27, 2026

The pattern has persisted across the continental United States this summer but has been especially dramatic in coastal Southern California, Swain said.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 24, 2026

The informal mechanism has persisted, in various forms, despite criticism from countries opposed to the opaque process.

From Barron's Aug. 21, 2026

“But the sock had to be someplace,” persisted Gordon.

From "Ralph S. Mouse" by Beverly Cleary

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

And the report highlighted the dangerous combination of persisting financial vulnerabilities and the "exuberant risk appetite" in financial markets, warning the situation "could unwind abruptly".

From Barron's Jun. 28, 2026

Economists expect rates to remain at their current level, between 3.5% and 3.75%, next month, but warned further evidence of inflation persisting could force the Fed into an increase.

From BBC Jun. 10, 2026

—Use incognito or private browsing mode, which prevents cookies from persisting between sessions and makes it harder for sites to recognize you as a returning visitor, though many sites have tracking mechanisms other than cookies.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 3, 2026

Only in larger populations can the disease shift from one local area to another, thereby persisting until enough babies have been born in the originally infected area that measles can return there.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond




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