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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.
—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
Gremminger said she and another passenger were concerned that the dog would not be safe inside the overhead bin, but assumed that the flight attendant's adamancy meant that there must be air ventilation inside the compartment.
—Author: Martine Powers, Anchorage Daily News, 14 Mar. 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
Gremminger said she and another passenger were concerned that the dog would not be safe inside the overhead bin, but assumed that the flight attendant's adamancy meant that there must be air ventilation inside the compartment.
—Author: Martine Powers, Anchorage Daily News, 14 Mar. 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for adamancy
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Britain ultimately lost not only because of Washington’s extraordinary tenacity in the war’s several mainland theaters, but also because the king’s men had to stage long sieges, wage desperate naval battles, and take mounting casualties on too many other fronts spread too far apart.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
7 Nov. 2025
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Their strong will and tenacity.—
Julyssa Lopez,
Rolling Stone,
6 Nov. 2025
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But there is also such a thing as being too good, where your own purity takes precedence over all else, leading to inflexibility and inaction.—
Shadi Hamid,
Time,
3 Nov. 2025
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An impressive defensive coach, he has occasionally been criticized for a certain regular season inflexibility in his rotations and overplaying his best contributors.—
Alex Kirschenbaum,
MSNBC Newsweek,
21 Sep. 2025
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The insider also pointed out William’s steadfastness as a royal.—
Jason Pham,
StyleCaster,
12 Oct. 2025
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Be Steadfast and Immovable In a world of shifting market dynamics, steadfastness in mission and values can serve as a compass.—
Bhakti Mirchandani,
Forbes.com,
3 Sep. 2025
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The study’s insights could help scientists model pollutant persistence and even engineer better cleanup materials inspired by these minerals.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
4 Nov. 2025
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Starting a business from scratch takes focus, persistence, and a clear understanding of what people need.—
Nia Bowers,
USA Today,
3 Nov. 2025
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But then there is that deadness that enters into the closing chapters, which might as easily be called inexorability.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
23 Sep. 2025
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Rather than conjuring a mood of bracing inexorability, this linear focus only suffocates what might be an interesting debate, as a man of the modern world weighs his values against those of a woman raised in atavistic isolation.—
Richard Lawson,
HollywoodReporter,
7 Sep. 2025
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If that sounds exactly like the type of single-mindedness that youth coaches want in their players, De Mil was conscious of Lammens tipping the scales by doing too much.—
Mark Critchley,
New York Times,
17 Oct. 2025
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Despite the challenges, the $766 million project (according to The Taipei Times) stands today as a testament to Taiwan’s perseverance and technical expertise.—
Atharva Gosavi,
Interesting Engineering,
24 Oct. 2025
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Her role as one of the most recognizable figures in the art form remains a testament to perseverance, vision, and grace.—
Okla Jones,
Essence,
23 Oct. 2025
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The Home Service Insurance segment experienced a decline in premiums, attributed to strategic actions to improve sales quality and persistency, as well as economic pressures such as inflation.—
Quartz Intelligence Newsroom,
Quartz,
13 Mar. 2025
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The tannins are well structured yet soft and the wine has great persistency in the finish.—
Mike DeSimone and Jeff Jenssen,
Robb Report,
2 May 2023
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“Adamancy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/adamancy. Accessed 8 Nov. 2025.
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