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Recent Examples of stubbornly
The 2026 edition of Gallup’s State of the Global Workplace shows employee wellbeing and engagement remaining stubbornly low, while other research shows how chronic time pressure doesn’t just increase burnout, but also erodes empathy.
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Denielle Sachs,
Forbes.com,
29 June 2026
Despite the fact that its concrete design is intended to whisk water out of the city as fast as possible, life stubbornly persists in the river and nearby.
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Mack Baysinger
follow,
Los Angeles Times,
27 June 2026
Part of the issue is that credit card interest rates have remained stubbornly high despite multiple Federal Reserve rate cuts late last year, and at the current average rate of nearly 22%, many card users are paying hundreds of dollars each month in interest alone.
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Angelica Leicht,
CBS News,
26 June 2026
And while electrification and sustainable fuels have started to address emissions in cars and planes, shipping has remained stubbornly tied to heavy fuel oil.
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Mack Degeurin,
Popular Science,
25 June 2026
There is a lot of uncertainty in the US economy right now with a weakening labor market, skyrocketing gas prices and stubbornly high inflation, among other factors.
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Dana Taylor,
USA Today,
25 June 2026
By these arguments, an AI proof of a mathematical conjecture that has stubbornly resisted human efforts would be useful only if comprehensible to humans.
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Benjamin Skuse,
IEEE Spectrum,
25 June 2026
Declining gas prices will likely pull down headline inflation next month, yet measures of underlying inflation remain stubbornly elevated and will be a concern for the Fed.
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Christopher Rugaber,
Chicago Tribune,
25 June 2026
Home Depot and rival Lowe’s must also confront a weak housing market, which has been stung by stubbornly high interest rates and rising building material expenses.
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John Kell,
Fortune,
24 June 2026
Denielle Sachs,
Forbes.com,
29 June 2026
Despite the fact that its concrete design is intended to whisk water out of the city as fast as possible, life stubbornly persists in the river and nearby.
—
Mack Baysinger
follow,
Los Angeles Times,
27 June 2026
Part of the issue is that credit card interest rates have remained stubbornly high despite multiple Federal Reserve rate cuts late last year, and at the current average rate of nearly 22%, many card users are paying hundreds of dollars each month in interest alone.
—
Angelica Leicht,
CBS News,
26 June 2026
And while electrification and sustainable fuels have started to address emissions in cars and planes, shipping has remained stubbornly tied to heavy fuel oil.
—
Mack Degeurin,
Popular Science,
25 June 2026
There is a lot of uncertainty in the US economy right now with a weakening labor market, skyrocketing gas prices and stubbornly high inflation, among other factors.
—
Dana Taylor,
USA Today,
25 June 2026
By these arguments, an AI proof of a mathematical conjecture that has stubbornly resisted human efforts would be useful only if comprehensible to humans.
—
Benjamin Skuse,
IEEE Spectrum,
25 June 2026
Declining gas prices will likely pull down headline inflation next month, yet measures of underlying inflation remain stubbornly elevated and will be a concern for the Fed.
—
Christopher Rugaber,
Chicago Tribune,
25 June 2026
Home Depot and rival Lowe’s must also confront a weak housing market, which has been stung by stubbornly high interest rates and rising building material expenses.
—
John Kell,
Fortune,
24 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for stubbornly
Adverb
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Because Cuba’s communist dictatorship assumed absolute control of food production, obstinately clinging to absurdly inefficient economic policies that yielded ever-shrinking amounts of comestibles to consume or export.
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On the walk back to the inn, Henry veered off the trail to pick up a fallen branch, gray and forked with one crisp leaf clinging obstinately on.
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Last week, Mitchell pleaded guilty to five counts of willfully failing to pay income tax.
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Any creditor who willfully violates the stay can be liable for damages, attorney fees and costs, and also sometimes punitive damages.
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Selling cigarettes on the street to buy food for her siblings, the pre-teen is indefatigably upbeat, eagerly anticipating an imminent passage to Germany.
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Matthew Restall, for example, has worked indefatigably as a myth buster for dozens of misconceptions for roughly two decades now, and only recently did another historian, Camilla Townsend, stitch together the history of the Aztecs according to their own statements, as recorded in Nahuatl.
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The county has steadfastly avoided taking a position on the district attorney’s freeze request, determined not to blow up a settlement that officials want over and done with.
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In internal messaging to staff, Bunch has steadfastly asserted the Institution’s independence, while not mentioning Trump by name.
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For example, a sales team fixated on cold-call conversion works tirelessly to lift that number when the better move may be to retire cold-calling altogether—something the metric can only score as failure.
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Japan are close to that level and will work tirelessly to make this a close game.
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“Stubbornly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stubbornly. Accessed 2 Jul. 2026.
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