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permanent

[pur-muh-nuhnt] / ˈpɜr mə nənt /


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"It's a permanent home for hope," said Valerie Jarrett, CEO of the Obama Foundation and a former top White House aide during his presidency.

From Barron's • Jun. 4, 2026

Such a noble flavor combo deserved permanent shelf space.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026

Having a portfolio that is 100% in individual stocks sounds about as risky to me as you can get, especially at 73, with no partner for backup, and living in seemingly permanent economic instability.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 3, 2026

City of Industry, in the San Gabriel Valley, and Vernon, south of downtown L.A., are primarily industrial areas, each with around 300 permanent residents.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 3, 2026

The first shipload of captive Africans to arrive in the future United States came to Jamestown, Virginia—the first permanent English settlement in America—in August 1619.

From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis




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