Examples of constancy in a Sentence
the constancy of the Earth's rotation
the mistaken notion that there is constancy in language—words do indeed change their meanings over time
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This assessment, though probably true of celebrity figures in general, strikes me as especially apt in Sheen’s case, if only thanks to his constancy in our media landscape over the past four decades.
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Naomi Fry, New Yorker, 20 Sep. 2025
The Catholic Church has long tried to balance a sense of eternal constancy with efforts to remain current, best seen in its stance on LGBTQ issues: While the Church still teaches homosexuality is wrong, its tone has shifted from harsh judgment.
—Tom Chivers, semafor.com, 8 Sep. 2025
That the shop has indulged families for decades speaks to its constancy.
—Mike Klingaman, Baltimore Sun, 17 June 2025
Closer to home, physicists study vibrations of atoms, such as those used in atomic clocks, to look for deviations from pure constancy.
—Paul Sutter, Space.com, 23 May 2025
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Naomi Fry, New Yorker, 20 Sep. 2025
The Catholic Church has long tried to balance a sense of eternal constancy with efforts to remain current, best seen in its stance on LGBTQ issues: While the Church still teaches homosexuality is wrong, its tone has shifted from harsh judgment.
—Tom Chivers, semafor.com, 8 Sep. 2025
That the shop has indulged families for decades speaks to its constancy.
—Mike Klingaman, Baltimore Sun, 17 June 2025
Closer to home, physicists study vibrations of atoms, such as those used in atomic clocks, to look for deviations from pure constancy.
—Paul Sutter, Space.com, 23 May 2025
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“Constancy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/constancy. Accessed 9 Oct. 2025.
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constancy
noun
con·stan·cy
ˈkän(t)-stən-sē 
plural constancies
1
: firmness and loyalty in one's beliefs or personal relationships
2
: freedom from change
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