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as in implacability
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Recent Examples of adamancy
In Louisiana, roughly 80 such prisoners have not yet had resentencing hearings, due partly to prosecutors’ adamancy and ongoing court fights but also to funding shortages for attorneys to take these cases, legal advocacy groups say.
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NBC News,
15 May 2020
Prince Harry has expressed his adamancy in making sure the mega-popular Netflix series doesn’t portray his and wife Duchess Meghan’s relationship and tabloid turmoil for the television screen.
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Bianca Betancourt,
Harper's BAZAAR,
22 Jan. 2020
Anthony’s adamancy, the eloquent obviousness of her observations on gender, comes across in Thomson’s music through understatement.
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Mark Swed,
latimes.com,
29 June 2018
NBC News,
15 May 2020
Prince Harry has expressed his adamancy in making sure the mega-popular Netflix series doesn’t portray his and wife Duchess Meghan’s relationship and tabloid turmoil for the television screen.
—
Bianca Betancourt,
Harper's BAZAAR,
22 Jan. 2020
Anthony’s adamancy, the eloquent obviousness of her observations on gender, comes across in Thomson’s music through understatement.
—
Mark Swed,
latimes.com,
29 June 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for adamancy
- tenacity
- inflexibility
- steadfastness
- persistence
- tenaciousness
- inexorability
- single-mindedness
- perseverance
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No one else would’ve had the vision and the tenacity to see it through.
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But in this series, the Knicks showed greater maturity and tenacity.
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The top prospect’s irregular playing time is a product of his positional inflexibility mixed with the construction of the current roster.
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The frustration is in the inflexibility.
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There’s something classically anarchic about Kate Moss, but her delicate Americana anchor signals stability and steadfastness—that, or an unquenchable yearning for the sea.
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Capricorn December 22 – January 19 By afternoon, steadfastness becomes your edge.
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Scientists say that difference in scale and persistence means history does not guarantee a repeat outcome, even as El Niño is expected to strengthen through the fall and add another layer of ocean warming.
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But that persistence and learning became the foundation of my organization.
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At 6 feet 9 and 255 pounds, Johnson is a unit of a forward, with all the tenaciousness and intensity needed to carve out a pro career.
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There was a tenaciousness from Minnesota down the stretch in what ended up being a 75-58 win over Green Bay.
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The events set in motion at the end of Season 2 do flip the boulder that starts to roll down the hill, and there is the sense of inexorability.
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These poems are plainspoken, emotionally direct, haunted by the past and the inexorability of time.
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That single-mindedness, that Brady drive, bailing out the rest of the team, was clearer than ever here.
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And yet as cynical and beaten-down as the film’s viewpoint can often be, there is still a spark of decency and perseverance.
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Looking back, McCloskey said the yearslong legal battle reinforced the value of perseverance.
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