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persist

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


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“To help students enroll, persist, and graduate, we must provide the stability and support they need.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

“If this data tells you anything about the momentum in the bond market, it is that longer-term changes in the economic environment can persist for multiple months,” LeBas said.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 30, 2026

The firm expects freight-market tightness to persist and sees the reopening of Hormuz as a gradual and uneven process.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026

The Bank of England held interest rates at 3.75% for the sixth time in a row in September, but said they were likely to rise if high energy prices persist.

From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026

I also would persist even if I thought I was being ignored.

From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson

The system persists, but the system is fragile.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026

A "toxic negativity" persists around whistleblowing with staff discouraged from speaking out, the inquiry said.

From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026

They also suggested the EU should be ready to ask a court to block access to platforms temporarily if necessary "once other powers have been exhausted and where an infringement persists and causes serious harm".

From Barron's ● Sep. 3, 2026

If the selloff persists, that could start to affect a stock-market rally that has helped support consumer spending and the artificial-intelligence spending boom.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026

A year later, the shock has worn off, but a sense of failure and shame persists, deep and abiding.

From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri

It started a blockade and a devastating air campaign that persisted until a 2022 truce.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 27, 2026

"In Western Sahara, displacement has persisted for more than half a century," the UN High Commissioner for Refugees Barham Salih, himself a former refugee, told the UN Security Council.

From Barron's ● Sep. 25, 2026

Singh, a former international-level sport shooter, said women in Bihar were advancing in many areas but concerns about their safety persisted.

From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026

But he persisted, ultimately writing his thesis on baseball in the U.S. and Japan from an anthropological perspective.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026

As the brutal war persisted, Charles Livermore continued to see and feel Estelle’s gentle spirit in his séances with Kate Fox.

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock

Almost six months into their war, the two sides are locked in a stalemate, with Iran keeping the key Strait of Hormuz shut and Washington persisting with a naval counter-blockade of Iran.

From Barron's ● Aug. 26, 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

With the recent rotation into memory and other semiconductor names, market leadership is increasingly predicated on current supply-and-demand dynamics persisting.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 26, 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

“You ain’t got a mother somewhere?” says Camel, persisting.

From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen




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