staying put
Example Sentences
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Perhaps we’ve become so comfortable here in this flawed dwelling that any alternative is more frightening than staying put.
From Salon • May 30, 2026
At what point does moving so often and renting become more expensive than simply staying put and saving enough for a down payment on a home that costs around $750,000?
From MarketWatch • May 29, 2026
However, the world’s biggest sovereign wealth fund, the $2.1 trillion Norges Bank Investment Management, is staying put.
From Barron's • Jan. 22, 2026
I haven’t given my children the gift of seeing the world, but I like to think I have given them something equally valuable and far less costly: the pleasure of staying put.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 11, 2025
Ensuring that the badger was indeed staying put, Clare went to his bedroom and closed the door, for he doubted he could focus with the pesky badger looking over his shoulder.
From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman
