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permanent

[pur-muh-nuhnt] / ˈpɜr mə nənt /


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Fitzgerald, a judge in the Central District of California, also denied a request by the federal government to end the permanent court-mandated safeguards for immigrant children.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 11, 2026

The Artemis programme aims to step up Moon exploration, land humans on the Moon for the first time since 1972, set up a permanent lunar base and aim for a crewed mission to Mars.

From BBC • Apr. 11, 2026

Wages for permanent employees rose 5.1% on a year earlier, versus the 4.2% growth seen the month before and the 4.3% advance economists had expected.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026

This comes even though he holds US permanent residency and his wife and daughters are American citizens.

From Barron's • Apr. 10, 2026

I thought there would be more time for us to decide whether or not our awkward silence was a permanent state of affairs, to figure out how to move forward since we can’t move back.

From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse




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