lastingness

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Anciently created as single-chamber tombs, dolmens dot the Danish landscape, and during the Romantic era became emblems of home pride, of national strength and lastingness.

From New York Times • Mar. 23, 2023

For American originalists, in particular, Magna Carta has a special lastingness.

From The New Yorker • Apr. 13, 2015

Mystery is part of his beauty and his lastingness.

From New York Times • Aug. 10, 2014

And considering the lastingness of the Motions excited in the bottom of the Eye by Light, are they not of a vibrating nature?

From Opticks or, a Treatise of the Reflections, Refractions, Inflections, and Colours of Light by Newton, Isaac, Sir

When the work was finally to be taken up, it was to be upon a solid foundation which should last with the lastingness of education.

From The Deaf Their Position in Society and the Provision for Their Education in the United States by Best, Harry