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Tenacious shares a Latin root with maintain, tenure, and entertain. What does the root mean?

tenacious

[tuh-ney-shuhs] / təˈneɪ ʃəs /




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After a winless two days there was enormous pressure on Hull and Woad and the former barely missed a shot in an impressive 3&2 win over the tenacious Megan Khang.

From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2026

The film’s own logline gets at the tension: four tenacious girls navigate an $800 million business “in which innocence and ambition collide.”

From Salon ● Aug. 28, 2026

Forte plays Kevin Avery, a downcast injury lawyer living in Albuquerque who begrudgingly accepts a new client, the tenacious Wile E. Coyote, in a trial against the Acme Corp.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026

Kio, whom director Favreau and company begin following when he’s eight weeks old, is a tenacious fellow and there’s never any question that life on the savanna is harsh, severe and can be very brief.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026

Wyatt had hired Terryl and had watched her become a tenacious victim’s advocate.

From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel




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