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permanence

[pur-muh-nuhns] / ˈpɜr mə nəns /


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So there’s a desperate search for the Permanence Code that will eliminate the time constraint.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 9, 2025

Permanence was never assured for this project, especially in the early days.

From Washington Post • Jun. 4, 2021

Permanence — and what we choose to commemorate — has preoccupied Trethewey for decades.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 22, 2020

Permanence is not the only way to measure significance.

From Slate • Nov. 30, 2016

Permanence, you observe, is the object, not multiplicability;—that is quite an accidental, sometimes not even a desirable, attribute of engraving.

From Ariadne Florentina Six Lectures on Wood and Metal Engraving by Ruskin, John




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