permanent

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Estelle, who’s long held permanent resident status in the U.S., is a veteran at navigating the reentry process when she returns from visiting relatives in her native France.

From Salon • May 14, 2026

Then it was on to France, with Melanie's goal of finding them a permanent community.

From BBC • May 13, 2026

The first was that workers had to contribute for 10 years to earn permanent access to benefits, which would have left people who were close to retirement having to contribute but getting nothing in return.

From MarketWatch • May 13, 2026

Restaurant owners here, whose business suffers whenever the regiment is mobilized for exercises, fear they won’t survive a permanent withdrawal of troops.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 13, 2026

Transcribing the oral number system into written form was a simple task: people just needed to figure out a coding method whereby scribes could set the numbers down in a more permanent form.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife