persistent
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The suits argue that a persistent gap between private funds’ net-asset values and their lower trading values represents a conflict of interest.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2026
Yet the persistent U.S. funding need isn’t the only factor investors in the bond market face.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 19, 2026
The world's second-largest economy has charted a diverging path in recent years -- an AI-fuelled export boom is masking the impact of a persistent real estate crisis and gloomy consumer sentiment.
From Barron's ● Oct. 18, 2026
The school then said, after meeting with 50 "pupil representatives", that the policy would only apply to pupils on stage three of the school's behaviour policy or persistent late attenders.
From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2026
But he was persistent and he was kind and he made me laugh.
From "The Book of Unknown Americans" by Cristina Henríquez
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