persistence
Example Sentences
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What stands out from the Crown narrative is Murrell's persistence, his cynicism and his devious tactics.
From BBC • Jun. 2, 2026
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
But the persistence of the memory of the human species will be far longer in the impressed metal grooves on the Voyager interstellar record.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
Vocabulary lists containing persistence
"The Story of an Hour" by Kate Chopin
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