perpetuation
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Vinit’s sister-in-law describes the perpetuation of his life, especially if his bodily autonomy is indeed being transferred to his ex-wife’s decision-making, as “cruel.”
From Slate • Dec. 8, 2025
Kenvue said in a statement that it was "deeply concerned by the perpetuation of misinformation on the safety of acetaminophen and the potential impact that could have on the health of American women and children".
From BBC • Oct. 28, 2025
And yet, as viewers learn by the end of "Baby Reindeer," Martha's serial-stalking tendencies are a perpetuation of pain she weathered as a child, in an ostensibly unstable home.
From Salon • Apr. 27, 2024
Like the majority, I find myself morally unable to endorse the perpetuation of this mass atrocity.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 8, 2024
He would also be struck by the dramatically elevated significance of one particular institutional force in the perpetuation and deepening of those patterns: the criminal justice system.
From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander
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