permanence
Example Sentences
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"I wanted to have some permanence," he said.
From BBC • May 13, 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 also like the idea of creating a permanence in the playfulness.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 13, 2026
As the look fades, it leaves behind questions rather than permanence.
From Salon • Jan. 10, 2026
But the furniture was impressively old, heavy, and sent out signals of permanence and settled judgment.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
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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