perdures

verb

present tense third-person singular of perdure
as in remains
to remain indefinitely in existence or in the same state in so many ways, the influence and legacy of the Roman empire perdures to this very day

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  1. remains
  2. lasts
  3. continues
  4. persists
Verb
  • Eventually, some make it over the top, but, still, the gate remains closed.
    — Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 10 Aug. 2026
  • The exact timing of the front remains uncertain, and if the storms arrive a little sooner, the severe threat will not be as great as Monday.
    — Andrew Kozak, CBS News, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of remains
Verb
  • This collection of designs looks good, lasts and makes life a little easier.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 10 Aug. 2026
  • The risk of heavy rain lasts into Friday in some areas, but the wet pattern should ease up this weekend when storm-killing high pressure arrives.
    — Briana Waxman, CNN Money, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of lasts
Verb
  • There is no greater cautionary tale than Australia’s cane toads, whose now 200-million strong population continues to wreak havoc 91 years after being introduced to deal with the country’s cane beetle problem.
    — Jack Bantock, CNN Money, 13 Aug. 2026
  • The episode picks up when Bret and Robert have their first tense interaction — their vaguely hostile and lightly homoerotic back-and-forth continues to be the highlight of the show for me.
    — Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of continues
Verb
  • So long as effective communication persists, the reflex to mourn the disuse of a language can be motivated only by something else—nostalgia or, perhaps, the loss of a group’s ability to easily demarcate itself.
    — The New Yorker, New Yorker, 10 Aug. 2026
  • Small businesses already report a widening gap between AI adoption and AI readiness, and a workforce that cannot keep pace with a changing tool is one of the quieter reasons that gap persists.
    — TerDawn DeBoe, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of persists
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