ENDURES Synonyms: 113 Similar and Opposite Words

endures

verb

present tense third-person singular of endure

as in undergoes

to come to a knowledge of (something) by living through it an elderly couple who have endured the ups and downs of a half century of married life

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as in tolerates

to put up with (something painful or difficult) at some point we all have to endure the loss of a beloved pet

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as in remains

to remain indefinitely in existence or in the same state the fashion business is built on change, since nobody expects a particular clothing style to endure

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Recent Examples of endures The city itself is an argument about time, about what gets built and what endures and what disappears. —

Melanie Subin, Forbes.com, 18 May 2026 To this day, the palace endures as one of the most important historical sites on Oahu. —

Kathleen Wong, USA Today, 18 May 2026 What Mary endures throughout Stappard’s debut is unquestionably torturous, but the writer/director never seems to take pleasure in orchestrating her or any other Māori characters’ suffering. —

Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 17 May 2026 The tradition endures even as most people quietly agree that art probably shouldn’t be co-opted by the agendas of nation-states. —

Sebastian Smee, The Atlantic, 16 May 2026 Our unhoused population already endures too much. —

Michael Perkins, The Orlando Sentinel, 10 May 2026 Long before drop-top Corvettes breezed through town, Albuquerque was a bastion of Spanish colonial and Native America cultures, a heritage that endures at 18th-century San Felipe de Neri Church in Old Town and the National Hispanic Cultural Center. —

Cnn.com Wire Service, Mercury News, 8 May 2026 The library become the basis for the launch of TCM in 1994, elevating the status of classic movies and, like CNN, establishing a brand that still endures. —

Greg Evans, Deadline, 6 May 2026 Keep working in the Mideast, where wages are far higher, hoping that a shaky ceasefire endures; or return to already poor countries where prices have soared because of the conflict. —

ABC News, 4 May 2026

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In the end, as Watson undergoes surgery to treat his tumor, his fate remains unknown.

— Brianna Zigler, Entertainment Weekly, 22 May 2026
The team also spoke to experimenting with the show’s tone, with Ahmed saying that because the protagonist undergoes an identity crisis, the show should also.

— Arushi Jacob, Variety, 22 May 2026