perseverance
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“It took patience and perseverance being a beginner again.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 14, 2026
"Those early years were bit parts, chorus lines, lots of rejection... but my dear dad always reminded me that perseverance furthers, that was his motto."
From BBC • Apr. 12, 2026
"There were 15 pages of comments and five different rounds of reviews. She had the patience and perseverance, and the paper turned out magnificently."
From Science Daily • Apr. 3, 2026
And for all its heavy-handed writing and mystifying character flourishes, “Tow” manages to be mostly an effective, if silly, story of perseverance, thanks almost entirely to Byrne’s dogged performance.
From Salon • Mar. 22, 2026
“It’s a miracle of human perseverance, I tell you. And that’s just what I’m going to do from now on! I’m going to persevere. Yes, I’m going to persevere.”
From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller
Vocabulary lists containing perseverance
Holes
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The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
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This Week in Words: March 16–22, 2019
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