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adjective

as in enduring

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verb

present participle of perdure
as in remaining
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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Recent Examples of Synonyms for perduring
  1. enduring
  2. remaining
  3. abiding
  4. lasting
  5. residual
  6. continuing
  7. persisting
Adjective
  • But one of the things to wonder at amid the good vibes is whether a different, more coherent, more sober scene would have been more meaningful, more enduring.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 4 Sep. 2026
  • No Bad Memories appears to extend the Avalanches’ enduring, sample-minded sensibility into a meditation on the sounds that surround us every day.
    — SPIN Staff, SPIN, 2 Sep. 2026
Definition of enduring
Verb
  • The remaining borrowings are much less strategic and, in effect, are a hangover of the awful financial position the club found itself in a few years ago.
    — Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026
  • American anti-immigrant politics consequently differs from the European version, remaining more closely bound to the Monroe Doctrine and its vision of hemispheric control.
    — Faisal Devji, Time, 11 Sep. 2026
Definition of remaining
Adjective
  • Yet whatever the circumstances, the characters who populate her songs have an abiding and unshakable likability.
    — New York Times, New York Times, 28 Apr. 2026
  • Though only married for a few years, their partnership feels seasoned, fortified by faith, ambition and an abiding sense of gratitude.
    — Partner Content, Variety, 17 Dec. 2025
Definition of abiding
Verb
  • But for those who are wrongfully detained or deported, the experience can leave lasting trauma, mounting legal costs and consequences that take years to resolve.
    — María Luisa Paúl, USA Today, 6 Sep. 2026
  • The sting of the title-game loss will remain, but a little reminder from the past — directly from the players who experienced it — certainly has the chance to leave a lasting impact for the future.
    — Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 5 Sep. 2026
Definition of lasting
Adjective
  • Transfer them to the fridge on Sunday (atop a plate to catch any residual liquid as they thaw).
    — Hana Asbrink, Bon Appetit Magazine, 11 Sep. 2026
  • But this year a new layer of distress was added to my residual trauma.
    — Jamie L. LaReau, Freep.com, 11 Sep. 2026
Definition of residual
Verb
  • Illinois is issuing its own guidance about flu, COVID-19 and RSV vaccinations for this fall – amid continuing confusion over federal vaccine recommendations.
    — Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 11 Sep. 2026
  • There was also the challenge of continuing as a photojournalist while managing the unexpected attention surrounding the photograph.
    — Thomas E. Franklin, USA Today, 11 Sep. 2026
Definition of continuing
Verb
  • The cyberpunk author was suggesting that our world encompasses multiple temporalities, the experience of which is not uniform; for Cao, this might take the form of a shamanic belief persisting in a hypermodern setting.
    — Pablo Larios, Artforum, 1 Sep. 2026
  • At the Port of Long Beach, its busiest container terminal had reported problems with some ship-to-shore cranes in July, with the backlogs persisting into August.
    — Glenn Taylor, Footwear News, 31 Aug. 2026
Definition of persisting
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