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permanence

[pur-muh-nuhns] / ˈpɜr mə nəns /


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But, ultimately, it wasn’t money that her mother was after, it was green cards for them both, the permanence and safety of American citizenship: the American Dream.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 23, 2026

Some misalignments suggested by the index have an air of permanence.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 31, 2026

I know we kind of forget them, because as a society we have the object permanence of like a two-month-old, and we routinely lose games of peekaboo to our policymakers.

From Salon ● Jun. 22, 2026

He attended more than a dozen schools and found permanence “not in places or friendships, but in the movies,” which he loved from childhood.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 14, 2026

He longed for a sense of place, of belonging, and of permanence.

From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy




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