persistence
Example Sentences
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The third explanation is that AI has time, attention, patience, focus and the persistence to stick with methods that humans might abandon—and the solution to this Erdős problem demanded it.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 30, 2026
He based the upgrade on an “increasing conviction” in a rising class of cancer medication that simultaneously targets immune evasion and blood supply, two pathways crucial to tumor persistence.
From Barron's • May 27, 2026
The big bang theory may have triumphed among most cosmologists, but the persistence of unanswered questions—what came before that explosive moment? could our universe be one of many?—leaves plenty of room for speculation and dissent.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 19, 2026
If her rise appears sudden from the outside, Reble sees it simply as the result of persistence.
From BBC • May 15, 2026
Then, in October, her persistence suddenly, unexpectedly paid off.
From "Code Name Verity" by Elizabeth Wein
Vocabulary lists containing persistence
"The Story of an Hour" by Kate Chopin
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Where the Red Fern Grows
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