insistence
Example Sentences
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His insistence that no one is safe until everyone is safe, can seem to portend a future in which no one will ever be safe, though as a teacher I assume he’s more sanguine.
From Los Angeles Times
His own odds of getting the nomination reached as high as 10% in November despite his insistence that he would stay in his role at Treasury.
From Barron's
What makes philosophy modern is the insistence that understanding alone is not good enough.
His father, a fire-and-brimstone-spouting church elder, ordered him back, demanding he care for his grandmother, Ella, with the stark insistence: “She’s not my responsibility. It’s not fair of you to put the burden on me.”
From Los Angeles Times
Despite the script’s insistence otherwise, Cuoco and Claflin have no more chemistry than figures on facing pages in a clothing catalog.
From Los Angeles Times
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