as in stamina
ability or willingness to carry on despite danger, difficulty, or obstacle
Only those with supreme tenaciousness will be able to complete this epic trek through an unforgiving landscape.
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Noun
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And although the oceanic and overland legs of Twain’s journey required more patience and stamina than even a flight out of Newark, the hassle—and, more especially, the expense—worked in his favor.—
Caity Weaver,
The Atlantic,
5 June 2025 -
Anyone unfamiliar with the basic combat rhythm of blocking, dodging, and expended precious stamina for an attack will die repeatedly even from basic groups of foes.—
Christopher Cruz,
Rolling Stone,
28 May 2025
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The Lifetime Pass represents a rare award delivered on a truly individual basis and earned solely as a result of endurance rather than any short-term successes.—
Jacob Feldman,
Sportico.com,
30 May 2025
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Every element of the course was designed to test the limits of precision and mental endurance.—
Tim Corlett,
Forbes.com,
29 May 2025
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While an immigration judge in Louisiana has found Khalil deportable based on Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s determination, his lawyers separately brought the federal court case to ask Farbiaz to weigh in on the constitutional issues at play.—
Molly Crane-Newman,
New York Daily News,
29 May 2025
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And there is determination and Stovall has plenty of that.—
Jeff Vorva,
Chicago Tribune,
28 May 2025
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The dunes are pretty impressive at 110 feet tall—give or take a little, depending on the airflow—but one woman’s tenacity kept them from being razed.—
Jennifer Prince,
Southern Living,
30 May 2025
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While many have praised the tenacity of the 28-year-old Georgia woman, others have expressed doubts about the veracity of her shocking survival story and have criticized her family’s fundraising motives.—
Clara Harter,
Los Angeles Times,
22 May 2025
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By doing this, Els revealed the persistence of a parallel Afrikaner consciousness that remembers Apartheid not with shame, but with pride and nostalgia.—
Jordan King,
MSNBC Newsweek,
27 May 2025
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Your commitment will require endurance, grace, and persistence.—
Liz Simmons,
StyleCaster,
27 May 2025
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The good news, Patole believes, is that perseverance pays off.—
David Prosser,
Forbes.com,
3 June 2025
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For nearly the entirety of the 2024-25 season, the Minnesota Timberwolves were a story of perseverance and resilience.—
Jon Krawczynski,
New York Times,
29 May 2025
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That vision inspired the recent launch of Courage for Cam, a nonprofit dedicated to spreading hope, love, and courage to children facing pediatric cancer.—
Jordan Greene,
People.com,
2 June 2025
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Israel urgently needs new, sober leadership with clear realistic vision and self-confidence—leadership capable of reading our people's soul, understanding partners' and rivals' minds, and above all, having courage to make decisions and power to implement them.—
Ehud Barak,
Time,
2 June 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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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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“Tenaciousness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tenaciousness. Accessed 11 Jun. 2025.
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