perdured

past tense of perdure

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for perdured
Verb
  • Regional theaters such as Seattle Rep, the Guthrie, the Goodman and Baltimore Center Stage remained committed to their missions while New York nonprofit companies continued to hold the line off-Broadway.
    Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 29 June 2026
  • At least 3,150 others remained injured, and roughly 12,721 people have been displaced, according to officials.
    Marc Ramirez, USA Today, 29 June 2026
Verb
  • Before the Clark-Bonner scene, Cunningham stepped into the confrontation and pointed directly at Bonner, who continued barking at officials as teammates tried to pull her away.
    Alejandro Avila OutKick, FOXNews.com, 23 June 2026
  • SpaceX continued its sharp descent back to Earth.
    Gail Krishnan, CNBC, 23 June 2026
Verb
  • Called the Lorimer Burst, after the team leader who discovered it, the flash was far more luminous than anything ever seen like it, and, still more astonishing, the entire event lasted only about 5 milliseconds.
    Phil Plait, Scientific American, 26 June 2026
  • The court also ordered the defendants to pay hundreds of millions of dollars in fines late Thursday after a trial that lasted more than two years.
    ABC News, ABC News, 26 June 2026
Verb
  • But Joe and Fred persisted, and more than 20 years later they were proved right.
    Lawrence Ingrassia, STAT, 26 June 2026
  • But disagreements over the strait have persisted.
    Mark Osborne, CBS News, 26 June 2026
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“Perdured.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/perdured. Accessed 1 Jul. 2026.

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