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permanent

[pur-muh-nuhnt] / ˈpɜr mə nənt /


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After the state Legislature’s vote last month, Weber Pierson said the project would provide “much-needed affordable housing, permanent jobs, community spaces, and health resources in a part of our city that is ready for investment.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026

“We want to see a permanent management program for this river that protects minimum flows so that we don’t have the river going dry.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

Albertsons appointed Cody Perdue as interim CFO as the company continues to search for a permanent finance chief.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026

Some foreign residents seek permanent residency to secure long-term stability, employment freedom and to earn trust within Japanese society.

From Barron's ● Oct. 1, 2026

The first shipload of captive Africans to arrive in the future United States came to Jamestown, Virginia—the first permanent English settlement in America—in August 1619.

From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis




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