permanent

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It's a trend that has filled TikTok and Pinterest as pupils look for more permanent mementos to be signed by their friends, while online marketplaces like Etsy offer thousands of personalised shirts for a fee.

From BBC • Jun. 6, 2026

Behind the crosshatched front grille lives a well-tempered, turbocharged 3.5-liter V6, mated to an eight-speed automatic transmission and permanent all-wheel drive, including a digitally controlled limited-slip differential.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 6, 2026

The many needs include smarter enforcement of existing laws, faster development of low-cost interim and permanent housing, better coordination of outreach and follow-up services and more people willing to do all of this work.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 6, 2026

The performance milestones in the first batch of shares include the company achieving certain market capitalization levels and establishing a permanent human colony on Mars with at least one million inhabitants.

From Barron's • Jun. 5, 2026

But the brazen claim that slavery must be accepted unconditionally as a permanent feature of the national confederation was, if not wholly new, at least an interpretive clarification never made before in a national forum.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis