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doggedness

[daw-gid-nis, dog-id-] / ˈdɔ gɪd nɪs, ˈdɒg ɪd- /
NOUN
perseverance
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By the time he arrived at the now-defunct Sacramento Union in 1970 as the newspaper’s chief investigative reporter, he had gained a reputation for doggedness.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 15, 2025

But, just as Midlands rivals Nottingham Forest discovered here in August, United retain some of the old doggedness from the Sir Alex Ferguson days.

From BBC • Dec. 26, 2023

Those numbers could be gathered in any number of means, each of which was in its own way a test of your resourcefulness, doggedness and the trust you’d earned.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 3, 2023

Often underestimated by his opponents and sometimes by his supporters, Sanchez gained a reputation for doggedness when, as opposition leader in 2016, he stuck to his "no means no" mantra against enabling a conservative government.

From Reuters • Jul. 6, 2023

Success is a function of persistence and doggedness and the willingness to work hard for twenty-two minutes to make sense of something that most people would give up on after thirty seconds.

From "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell




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