Definition of enduring
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enduringly
adverb
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Examples of enduring in a Sentence
science fiction's enduring fascination with worlds beyond our own
Recent Examples of enduring from the Web
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One sure sign the celebrity tournament in Stateline, Nev., is really not serious: The most enduring image of last year’s edition was Dell Curry leaping into chilly Lake Tahoe, with his famous son (and Justin Timberlake) hooting and hollering nearby.
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Less than a year later, the Empire State Building, with 60,000 tons of steel supplied by U.S. Steel, would reach higher than Chrysler to become the enduring symbol of Manhattan.
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Trump is scheduled to reveal his replacement for retiring Justice Anthony Kennedy at 9 p.m. EST, exercising one of the most enduring powers of the presidency for the second time since taking office.
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His most enduring contribution was his role in the passage of the 1993 ordinance that gave gay and lesbian people legal protections against discrimination in employment or housing.
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The lifting of the driving ban quashes one of the most enduring symbols of sexism and inequality in Saudi Arabia, and has widely been hailed as a major step forward for women’s rights in the country.
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Today balikbayan boxes, named after the Tagalog word for a returning Filipino, have become one of the most enduring symbols of the Filipino diaspora.
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Now 103 years dead, Hill remains one of the most iconic faces of the Industrial Workers of the World, informally called the Wobblies, a radical international union that is itself an enduring symbol of militant working-class power.
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The revolt ended in death for most of the fighters yet left behind an enduring symbol of resistance.
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First Known Use of enduring
15th century
enduring Synonyms
Synonyms
abiding, ageless, continuing, dateless, eternal, everlasting, immortal, imperishable, lasting, ongoing, perennial, perpetual, timeless, undying;
Near Antonyms
antiquated, archaic, dated, obsolete, outdated, outmoded, out-of-date, outworn, passé;
Related Words
ceaseless, endless, permanent;
changeless, constant, stable, stationary, steady, unchanging, unvarying;
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