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Recent Examples of insistent And so, what was once a lazy, crazy, charming afternoon daydream of a movie is now a frantic, insistent, often unfunny sci-fi comedy. Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 21 May 2025 Wallen is still insistent about how those roots remain central to his music. Jon Caramanica, New York Times, 21 May 2025 As the colleague grew insistent—citing her kids' potential disappointment—the situation escalated. Melissa Fleur Afshar, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 May 2025 Many of these spots are decades in the making, vestiges of another time, insistent on bringing history into the present day; all represent a sense of community that wouldn’t exist without them. Shauna Lyon, New Yorker, 9 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for insistent
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Adjective
  • Put another way, even though China will remain a persistent and formidable challenger to the United States, and even though much of Southeast Asia seems to be gravitating toward China, Beijing still has a lot of work to do to allay concerns and win the trust of regional states.
    Yuen Foong Khong, Foreign Affairs, 24 June 2025
  • Despite their diversity, these groups share common threads of systemic exclusion from traditional financial services, contributing to persistent inequities in wealth and opportunity.
    Kevin Cohee, Forbes.com, 24 June 2025
Adjective
  • Like most political arguments, each stakeholder adopts a resolute adversarial position that disallows finding common ground.
    Harvey Levine, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 June 2025
  • In statements reported by state media on Sunday, China’s top political adviser Wang Huning echoed Beijing’s position, calling for the promotion of national reunification with Taiwan and for resolute opposition to Taiwan independence.
    Dylan Butts, CNBC, 16 June 2025

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