sustained
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The jeers were loud, sustained and unambiguous — the sound of a city that overwhelmingly voted against this man, telling him exactly what it thought of him.
From Salon • Jun. 11, 2026
“The direction of travel is now more uncertain, and the next few days will be critical in determining whether diplomacy can reassert itself or whether the conflict moves into a more sustained escalation cycle.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026
“If we only get the $68 million, it significantly puts at risk sustained funding for these projects,” said Kelsey Hinton, policy director for the nonprofit Community Water Center.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026
A working base would allow sustained scientific research, the testing of technology bound for future Mars missions, and the eventual extraction of lunar resources.
From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026
I had never had a sustained period of reading really good books before.
From "Bad Boy" by Walter Dean Myers
Vocabulary lists containing sustained
President Biden's Inaugural Speech (January 2021)
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The Martian
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This Week In Words: August 22–28, 2020
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