permanence
Example Sentences
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"I wanted to have some permanence," he said.
From BBC • May 13, 2026
Like so many other TV personalities in 2026, she cannot move her forehead, giving her already steely vibe the facial permanence of a screengrab.
From Slate • May 6, 2026
“People associate that sense of permanence with a divine quality and a metaphor for things that are eternal, like love between people, devotion to a deity and political power.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026
“I think we like to talk about technology as having a permanence to it, but there is no permanence to it,” Wicks says.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 21, 2026
For all their seeming permanence, mountains are exceedingly transitory features.
From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson
Vocabulary lists containing permanence
Sheryl Sandberg Commencement Address 2016
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Twenty-Four Seconds from Now
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The Serpent King
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