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permanence

[pur-muh-nuhns] / ˈpɜr mə nəns /


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"I wanted to have some permanence," he said.

From BBC • May 13, 2026

The repeated use of gold imagery only intensifies those concerns because of the symbolism gold carries historically and biblically: kingship, permanence, divinity and power.

From Salon • May 10, 2026

I also like the idea of creating a permanence in the playfulness.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 13, 2026

Yu Ji’s cement sculptures take the shape of contorted human bodies—not uncomfortable but limberly twisted and folded—that are missing limbs; their contrasting materials and postures at once suggest permanence and evanescence.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 13, 2026

For all their seeming permanence, mountains are exceedingly transitory features.

From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson




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