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permanency

[pur-muh-nuhn-see] / ˈpɜr mə nən si /


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Adam Pertman, president and CEO of The National Center on Adoption and Permanency, said the laws’ effectiveness, including in preventing death, aren’t studied enough.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 22, 2021

About 2 percent of Americans are adopted, but there is no data on the number who search for biological relatives, said Adam Pertman, president of the National Center on Adoption and Permanency.

From New York Times • Oct. 9, 2021

Frazier was a substitute teacher for the Atlantic City School District between 2015 and 2017 before taking a job with the state Department of Child Protection and Permanency.

From Washington Times • Feb. 4, 2021

All of the children are in the custody of the New Jersey Division of Child Protection and Permanency.

From Reuters • Apr. 30, 2013

Permanency in republican government is, therefore, based upon corresponding experience and culture, and its possibilities grow ever stronger.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy" by Various




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