Examples of obstinacy in a Sentence

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Recent Examples on the Web People talk a lot about artificial intelligence but not enough about artificial obstinacy. David Brooks, The Mercury News, 10 Apr. 2024 In 2015, their nuclear perseverance and obstinacy even compelled Barack Obama to sign an agreement accepting Iran’s status as a nuclear-threshold state, i.e., a state that can assemble a weapon in short order. Christian Schneider, National Review, 21 Dec. 2023 Christie has been an immovable object, resisting all entreaties with characteristic obstinacy and swearing to remain in the race until New Hampshire. Varad Mehta, Washington Examiner, 28 Dec. 2023 This repetitiveness, this obstinacy, is a distinctive feature of Ellroy’s writing. Parul Sehgal, The New Yorker, 11 Sep. 2023 See all Example Sentences for obstinacy 
Recent Examples of Synonyms for obstinacy
Noun
  • The points this story makes about the human capacity for empathy, who merits collective forgiveness, and the stubborn persistence of the death penalty are discomfiting.
    Sarah Weinman, The Atlantic, 31 Oct. 2024
  • Beyond lackluster performances and the persistence of pests, the insecticides harmed other wildlife.
    Salama Udaipurwala, JSTOR Daily, 30 Oct. 2024
Noun
  • 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
  • Dan recalled of his daughter’s persistency.
    Eric Sondheimer Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 21 Dec. 2020
Noun
  • At the end of 2021, the intransigence of Joe Manchin, the nominally Democratic senator from West Virginia, killed the child-care and universal-preschool provisions of President Biden’s Build Back Better bill.
    Jessica Winter, The New Yorker, 24 Oct. 2024
  • Netanyahu's government has blamed Hamas for its intransigence.
    Matt Gutman, ABC News, 14 Oct. 2024
Noun
  • Related: ‘Neglected diseases’ are anything but neglected by the billion-plus people living with them One possible reason for this obduracy is that noma begins as a dental disease, and dental diseases have long been underappreciated global health concerns.
    John Button, STAT, 16 Dec. 2023
  • Andreas blames the obduracy of U.S. politicians and bureaucrats for the persistence of the drug wars, despite their evident failure and their huge financial and human costs.
    Russell Crandall, Foreign Affairs, 20 Apr. 2021
Noun
  • Once the symptoms of chickenpox resolve, the virus stays in your body in a latent state—meaning the virus is alive but does not cause symptoms.
    Carrie Madormo, RN, Health, 3 Nov. 2024
  • The official media outlet said leader Kim Jong Un observed the launch, describing it as an expression of North Korea's resolve to respond to external threats to North Korea's security.
    HYUNG-JIN KIM AND KIM TONG-HYUNG THE ASSOCIATED PRESS, arkansasonline.com, 2 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • The State Board for Educator Certification will make a final determination on possible sanctions.
    Marlene Lenthang, NBC News, 30 Oct. 2024
  • Now, her determination to help TJ extends beyond the physical.
    Jen Christensen, CNN, 28 Oct. 2024

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“Obstinacy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/obstinacy. Accessed 14 Nov. 2024.

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