continuity
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“The U.S. has, for a whole variety of reasons, never utilized a technical ‘dead man’s switch,'” historian Garrett Graff, an expert on continuity of government, told the Associated Press.
From Salon ● Jul. 11, 2026
Some academics would argue that, for a nation to claim continuity, a long history of mutually understandable language and a sense of national belonging are key.
From Slate ● Jul. 4, 2026
The leadership continuity, with CEO Michael O’Leary’s extended contract, is also a positive and will support long-term strategy and execution, they add.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 1, 2026
Some also have issues with them taking place when the temperatures are not too bad or in air-conditioned stadiums, although Fifa stated before the tournament they would happen in every game to maintain continuity.
From BBC ● Jul. 1, 2026
Before the storm, the committee wrote, the terrorists would be most likely to use the occasion “to observe precautionary measures to gauge emergency response resources and continuity of operation plans at critical infrastructures.”
From "Zeitoun" by Dave Eggers
The present war exhibits major continuities with the past.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 26, 2026
Despite the differences between the eras, the continuities are deeply significant, starting with the reality that wars are still war and humans are still human.
From Salon ● Jul. 9, 2023
And in terms of immigration policy in general, there are unfortunately far more continuities between the different administrations than we like to think.
From Slate ● Jun. 30, 2023
Two world wars, genocide, a new surveillance state: as German identity has been riven again and again by historical events in the last century, what continuities can we expect from its fiction?
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 7, 2023
For a like reason he loved to survey the slow continuities of actual events from the standpoint of a given moment, under the conditions of perspective and illusion which it imposed.
From Robert Browning by Herford, C. H. (Charles Harold)
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