lastingly

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After the 12-day war, the Israelis again assessed that they had lastingly degraded Iran’s missile program.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 2, 2026

And then there’s something rarer among presidents: an ability to substantially and lastingly change both America and the world it dominates.

From Slate • May 19, 2025

In a phone call on Wednesday, French president Emmanuel Macron told Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian that an Iranian escalation “would lastingly harm regional stability.”

From BBC • Aug. 7, 2024

In terms of numbers, the movement has attracted fewer protesters than the yellow vest demonstrations against economic injustice that gripped France in 2018-2019 and lastingly dented the popularity of President Emmanuel Macron.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 30, 2024

No such scale can be lastingly valid, because, for instance, almost all technic progress decreases the appreciation of values through industry, and every advance made by luxury raises the claims to refined quality etc.

From Principles of Political Economy, Vol. II by Roscher, Wilhelm