as in declaration
a solemn and often public declaration of the truth or existence of something
a continued insistence that there was a massive cover-up by the government
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Recent Examples of insistence
Despite being club captain, Danilo has suffered under Thiago Motta, with the coaches insistence on playing a high line exposing the 33-year-old’s lack of pace.
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Emmet Gates, Forbes, 27 Dec. 2024
Tóth’s Institute, and his furious insistence on constructing it exactly as drawn, comes off as an act of vengeance.
—Justin Davidson, Curbed, 18 Dec. 2024
The amount of evidence supporting these different therapies and their relative risks varies wildly; what connects them is the FDA’s insistence that people should not self-experiment with them.
—Nicholas Florko, The Atlantic, 12 Dec. 2024
This new keyboard shortcut and Copilot quick view will also be available on Windows 10 as well as Windows 11 PCs, despite Microsoft’s insistence that Windows 10 end of support really is happening in October 2025.
—Tom Warren, The Verge, 10 Dec. 2024
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Emmet Gates, Forbes, 27 Dec. 2024
Tóth’s Institute, and his furious insistence on constructing it exactly as drawn, comes off as an act of vengeance.
—Justin Davidson, Curbed, 18 Dec. 2024
The amount of evidence supporting these different therapies and their relative risks varies wildly; what connects them is the FDA’s insistence that people should not self-experiment with them.
—Nicholas Florko, The Atlantic, 12 Dec. 2024
This new keyboard shortcut and Copilot quick view will also be available on Windows 10 as well as Windows 11 PCs, despite Microsoft’s insistence that Windows 10 end of support really is happening in October 2025.
—Tom Warren, The Verge, 10 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for insistence
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The president approved California Gov. Gavin Newsom's request for a presidential major disaster declaration, freeing up federal resources to support the response.Kathryn Watson, CBS News, 9 Jan. 2025
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In Gaza, civilians expressed frustration over Trump’s recent declarations.Dayana Iwaza, New York Times, 9 Jan. 2025
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Whether Fox has performance reviews and related materials found in personnel files to support that assertion remains to be seen.Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 6 Jan. 2025
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Zionism is the modern enactment of Hanukkah’s assertion of the right to Jewish independence, and the necessity of the Jewish state even for Jews outside of Israel.Jon Levin, National Review, 25 Dec. 2024
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Some still defend his influence on aviation, a claim that displaces the importance of the Wright brothers and fundamentally challenges the early history of aeronautics.Jake Goodrick, Sacramento Bee, 6 Jan. 2025
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Even before 2020, which saw more than 100 Republican members of the House and Senate object to the results in response to Trump's false claims, objections had started to become more common as the electoral processes in 2000, 2004 and 2016 all involved some element of controversy.Miles Parks, NPR, 6 Jan. 2025
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“Insistence.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/insistence. Accessed 19 Jan. 2025.
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