How to Use permanency in a Sentence

permanency

noun
  • Bard is one of those temps who faces a long path to permanency.
    Jamie L. Lareau, USA TODAY, 8 Jan. 2020
  • But a lot of people have come out of this year with their sense of permanency badly shaken.
    Sara Stewart, CNN, 21 July 2021
  • Help build bridges to then other people who can step in and provide that permanency.
    Mekialaya White, CBS News, 3 Dec. 2025
  • Others among us open hearts and homes to children who need loving permanency.
    Kathryn Jean Lopez, National Review, 11 Nov. 2019
  • They are made to be lived in and often cheaper than motels and provide some permanency.
    Rachel Uranga, Los Angeles Times, 7 Apr. 2022
  • The relative permanency of the style is the reason why it's best done with human hair.
    Danielle James, Allure, 11 May 2022
  • There wasn’t a feeling of permanency.
    Alexis Kayser, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Nov. 2025
  • McConnell hedged when asked this week whether the Senate would also hold a vote on tax cut permanency.
    Erica Werner, chicagotribune.com, 18 Apr. 2018
  • For Angel, the wedding brought a sense of permanency that was missing from her childhood.
    Anndee Hochman, Philly.com, 1 Nov. 2017
  • But permanency appeals — or ought to appeal — to other people, too.
    John Baichtal, WIRED, 26 June 2008
  • The red stripe is for valor, the white stripe for purity and the blue stripe for justice, vigilance and permanency.
    Olivia Munson, USA TODAY, 18 Mar. 2023
  • The red stripe is for valor, the white stripe for purity and the blue stripe for justice, vigilance and permanency.
    Olivia Munson, The Courier-Journal, 5 Jan. 2024
  • The first floor is a permanency hearing for 14-year-old Jayden Carter.
    Libby Smith, CBS News, 29 Apr. 2026
  • Calls for teal permanency were matched only by one other suggestion — that in order to really bring fans back, the team has to win.
    Dan Sweeney, Sun-Sentinel.com, 7 June 2018
  • In the meantime, a sense of permanency has pervaded many encampments.
    Erika D. Smith, Los Angeles Times, 20 Sep. 2023
  • Efforts for permanency have not been as successful elsewhere.
    Alison Cross, Hartford Courant, 12 Dec. 2022
  • Last year, 313 found permanency through Raise the Future.
    Mekialaya White, CBS News, 3 Dec. 2025
  • House Republicans’ blueprint does not pave the way for permanency.
    Catie Edmondson, New York Times, 26 Feb. 2025
  • For Trump, that permanency could once again define his presidency.
    Kaelan Deese, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 21 Dec. 2024
  • In hiring a new president, Chicago State is seeking permanency for a role that has been in constant flux.
    Dawn Rhodes, chicagotribune.com, 2 May 2018
  • The Dark Knight realizes that some objects retain their permanency.
    Washington Post, 20 Apr. 2021
  • And because of the sense of permanency the internet brings, this is the kind of thing future employers or colleges will have access to, Uhls said.
    Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN, 22 Sep. 2024
  • Although a sense of permanency is one of the most appealing qualities of bold tile, peel-and-stick tile offers a workaround for renters or those fearful of commitment.
    Laura Lambert, Better Homes & Gardens, 11 June 2020
  • Gonzales was in and out of foster care from ages 7 to 16 and now works at Covenant House as a permanency navigator.
    Michelle Theriault Boots, Anchorage Daily News, 29 Sep. 2022
  • His permanency team will want to make sure a family is open to facilitating important contacts for Auston.
    idahostatesman, 2 June 2017
  • Comments which use derogatory language, in this thread or anywhere else on the sub, will be removed and the user will be banned, with the duration/permanency at the mod team’s discretion.
    Erik Kain, Forbes, 6 Feb. 2023
  • Apart from the Kachra Vahtuk union, few labour unions across India are actually fighting for workers’ rights to permanency.
    Aarefa Johari, Quartz, 25 Nov. 2021
  • Cardi and Offset are clearly living it up and enjoying life and each other and (for now, at least) are making a statement about the permanency of their relationship.
    Gabi Thorne, Allure, 23 July 2019
  • As part of the process to gain back permanency, parents have taken classes, underwent testing for substance abuse when applicable and worked with caseworkers and parent allies.
    Aidan Wohl, The Arizona Republic, 25 June 2023
  • Ananich introduced Senate Bill 1006, which would add permanency to the policy change.
    Angie Jackson, Detroit Free Press, 26 Sep. 2020

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