permanence
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But Pomfret, who is president-elect of the American Society of Transplant Surgeons, worries about “confusion that’s arisen around these questions of the permanence of death. … This whole conversation is sort of reeling out of control.”
From Science Magazine
Public art often aims for permanence or impact.
From New York Times
There was a permanence to photography that Mrs. Bohm, whose life was uprooted repeatedly, found appealing.
From New York Times
The permanence of what she saw as an act of self-loathing troubled her.
From New York Times
Instead, the architect suggested that most galleries should be designed with a sense of permanence, abandoning their track lighting and removable walls.
From New York Times
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