inveteracy

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for inveteracy
Noun
  • 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
  • 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
Noun
  • 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.
    NBC News, 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
Noun
  • 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
  • However, the reality is that the inherent inflexibility of immutability is essential to ensuring business resiliency and provides the invaluable peace of mind that comes with knowing data will always be there, ready to be recovered, no matter what.
    David Bennett, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • 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
  • 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
Noun
  • More and more coaches are willing to chip pucks behind the defense and let their players chase it, using speed and tenacity to apply pressure and win possession back deep in opposing territory.
    Vincent Z. Mercogliano, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
  • Teammates play off each other well, and head coach Jen Quinn raves about their tenacity.
    Tom Mulherin, Boston Herald, 30 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Here, Henkel leans into the inherent perversity that lingered in the sequels but has rarely been effectively employed since Hooper’s original.
    Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 21 Sep. 2025
  • The perversity of government stakes in private companies is made even clearer by other Washington antics.
    Clyde Wayne Crews Jr, Forbes.com, 25 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • While Sehgal’s persistence was key in keeping the project alive through corporate upheavals – going as far as to stash a culture at home – neither Nogrady nor the METEI was ever credited in his landmark publications.
    Ted Powers, The Conversation, 29 Sep. 2025
  • Many locals already have tight circles, and breaking in takes patience and persistence.
    Cepee Tabibian, CNBC, 28 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • 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
  • Our steadfastness has always been grounded in prudent investing and social justice values.
    Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 5 Aug. 2025
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“Inveteracy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inveteracy. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.

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