willpower
Example Sentences
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And Lee, who took office in June, has provided the political willpower, pushing to triple the government’s budget for AI development for next year to the equivalent of roughly $6.8 billion.
He has praised Andrew Tate’s “physical prowess” on social media along with his “willpower and spirit,” calling him “the embodiment of the ancient ideal of excellence.”
From Salon
“They are the rare overlap of leaky attention, which allows them to pick up signals others miss, and strong discipline and willpower,” Popple says.
A common misconception is that it results solely from a lack of willpower, when in reality, biological, genetic, social, and environmental factors all contribute to the difficulty of losing and maintaining weight.
From Science Daily
Their expert guest on this podcast episode, psychologist Kimberley Wilson, helped Xand understand that "there's no such thing as willpower".
From BBC
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