persistence
Example Sentences
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But what made this summer's episode unusual was its persistence.
From BBC • Jun. 1, 2026
The third explanation is that AI has time, attention, patience, focus and the persistence to stick with methods that humans might abandon—and the solution to this Erdős problem demanded it.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 30, 2026
But coal's persistence is also the result of infrastructure issues.
From Barron's • May 20, 2026
The study reported that larvae extraction could reduce agave populations by up to 57 percent, with juvenile plants especially affected because they are often harvested for larvae even though they are important for population persistence.
From Science Daily • Apr. 26, 2026
Now for better news of a kind of immortal persistence.
From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos
Vocabulary lists containing persistence
"The Story of an Hour" by Kate Chopin
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