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continuity

[kon-tn-oo-i-tee, -tn-yoo] / ˌkɒn tnˈu ɪ ti, -tnˈju /


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At a community college, where the players change every one or two years, continuity depends on the culture being passed down from one generation to the next.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 18, 2026

While the updated model has shown significant improvement in the continuity and consistency of complex movements, it may still be slightly behind Seedance 2.5, Citi says.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

But they advise that when a new clinical record is created for an adopted child, enough information must be kept to support continuity of care.

From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2026

But it added that it is important any new NHS records, if created, contain sufficient information to allow for a continuity of care.

From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2026

The psychologist Walter Mischel argues that the human mind has a kind of “reducing valve” that “creates and maintains the perception of continuity even in the face of perpetual observed changes in actual behavior.”

From "The Tipping Point" by Malcolm Gladwell

The museum has deconstructed the traditional, boxy narrative of art history and rendered the story itself a matter of curves and continuities.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 22, 2026

But by bringing his archaeological focus to bear on the question, Mr. Blair unearths some puzzling continuities and raises the stakes.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2025

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

Everywhere in Browning the slow continuities of existence are obscured by vivid moments,—the counterpart of his bursts of sunlight through rifts and chinks.

From Robert Browning by C. H. (Charles Harold) Herford


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