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Noun
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His quick action speaks to his tenacity and his excellence in training and skill.—
Greg Norman,
FOXNews.com,
21 July 2025 -
Olympic gold medalist Lindsey Vonn, an alpine skier, showed remarkable tenacity by overcoming multiple injuries and undergoing a partial knee replacement.—
Mark LaSota,
Forbes.com,
18 July 2025
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Reformers kept fighting after La Follette died in 1925, and their perseverance paid off during the New Deal in the 1930s.—
Time,
Time,
16 July 2025
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My parents taught me grit and perseverance — showing me that obstacles are opportunities to grow stronger.—
Aisha Nyandoro,
Forbes.com,
14 July 2025
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Keyon Monte’s journey through the world of theater has been shaped by persistence, reinvention and a deep love for storytelling.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
12 July 2025
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For hackers, this method offers the ultimate persistence.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
11 July 2025
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Their adamance is understandable.—
Jeremy Eichler,
BostonGlobe.com,
24 Sep. 2022
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There is no evidence to support his fraud claims, despite his adamance on Twitter and in other statements.—
Deon J. Hampton,
NBC News,
18 Jan. 2023
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The Home Service Insurance segment experienced a decline in premiums, attributed to strategic actions to improve sales quality and persistency, as well as economic pressures such as inflation.—
Quartz Intelligence Newsroom,
Quartz,
13 Mar. 2025
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The Home Service Insurance segment experienced a decline in premiums, attributed to strategic actions to improve sales quality and persistency, as well as economic pressures such as inflation.—
Quartz Intelligence Newsroom,
Quartz,
13 Mar. 2025
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In Louisiana, roughly 80 such prisoners have not yet had resentencing hearings, due partly to prosecutors’ adamancy and ongoing court fights but also to funding shortages for attorneys to take these cases, legal advocacy groups say.—
NBC News,
NBC News,
15 May 2020
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Prince Harry has expressed his adamancy in making sure the mega-popular Netflix series doesn’t portray his and wife Duchess Meghan’s relationship and tabloid turmoil for the television screen.—
Bianca Betancourt,
Harper's BAZAAR,
22 Jan. 2020
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The political scientist Robert Powell’s game theory model of conventional war and nuclear escalation, for example, has shown that the possibility of conventional war between nuclear powers depends on the level of risk and the balance of resolve.—
Carter Malkasian,
Foreign Affairs,
17 July 2025
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Advertisement Though supporters have billed the measure as a symbolic gesture of budget-cutting resolve, the actual fiscal impact of the package is small.—
Nik Popli,
Time,
15 July 2025
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“Single-mindedness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/single-mindedness. Accessed 30 Jul. 2025.
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