permanence
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Yu Ji’s cement sculptures take the shape of contorted human bodies—not uncomfortable but limberly twisted and folded—that are missing limbs; their contrasting materials and postures at once suggest permanence and evanescence.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 13, 2026
Compounding that issue is the permanence of AI-related job losses.
From Barron's • Feb. 23, 2026
This nuance can be seen to call into question the permanence and depth of their connection to any given political party or ideology.
From Salon • Feb. 21, 2026
“I think we like to talk about technology as having a permanence to it, but there is no permanence to it,” Wicks says.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 21, 2026
From the beginning of my travels I had noticed the sale lots where they were sold and traded, but then I began to be aware of the parks where they sit down in uneasy permanence.
From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck
Vocabulary lists containing permanence
Sheryl Sandberg Commencement Address 2016
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Twenty-Four Seconds from Now
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The Serpent King
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