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Recent Examples of perennially
Davis almost single-handedly forced the perennially high mortality rate in Sheriff’s Office jails onto the front burner of the public agenda, authoring a series of exposés first in the pages of CityBeat and later in the Union-Tribune.
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Jeff McDonald,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
1 July 2026
Yet, this World Cup offers a temporary respite for our perennially aggrieved society.
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Marcus Thompson Ii,
New York Times,
30 June 2026
The irony is that in not trying to pass muster with more conservative theatergoers (and their fastidious institutional guardians), playwrights have been winning over not just critics but also formerly squeamish artistic directors and perennially nervous Broadway producers.
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Theater Critic,
Los Angeles Times,
29 June 2026
In addition to reckoning with conspicuous consumption, my novel also investigates what life looks like for the Anderson women when the perennially absent Alan becomes an always-there man.
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Courtney Maum,
PEOPLE,
19 June 2026
For others, the salary cap proposal demonstrates pure greed from owners who are all fabulously wealthy yet perennially crying poor.
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David Faris,
TheWeek,
15 June 2026
Globally, Zurich and Vienna are also slow-growing but perennially top quality-of-life and investment rankings.
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Christopher Briem,
The Conversation,
12 June 2026
Education perennially ranks very high in surveys of voters’ priorities.
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Dan Walters,
Mercury News,
27 May 2026
Education perennially ranks very high in surveys of voters’ priorities.
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Dan Walters,
Oc Register,
26 May 2026
Jeff McDonald,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
1 July 2026
Yet, this World Cup offers a temporary respite for our perennially aggrieved society.
—
Marcus Thompson Ii,
New York Times,
30 June 2026
The irony is that in not trying to pass muster with more conservative theatergoers (and their fastidious institutional guardians), playwrights have been winning over not just critics but also formerly squeamish artistic directors and perennially nervous Broadway producers.
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Theater Critic,
Los Angeles Times,
29 June 2026
In addition to reckoning with conspicuous consumption, my novel also investigates what life looks like for the Anderson women when the perennially absent Alan becomes an always-there man.
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Courtney Maum,
PEOPLE,
19 June 2026
For others, the salary cap proposal demonstrates pure greed from owners who are all fabulously wealthy yet perennially crying poor.
—
David Faris,
TheWeek,
15 June 2026
Globally, Zurich and Vienna are also slow-growing but perennially top quality-of-life and investment rankings.
—
Christopher Briem,
The Conversation,
12 June 2026
Education perennially ranks very high in surveys of voters’ priorities.
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Dan Walters,
Mercury News,
27 May 2026
Education perennially ranks very high in surveys of voters’ priorities.
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Dan Walters,
Oc Register,
26 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for perennially
Adverb
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Trump sought to limit the long-standing constitutional principle – enshrined in the 14th Amendment in 1868 and upheld by the Supreme Court in 1898 – that those born in the United States are citizens.
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Vicki Parmelee, owner of Jumby Bay Island Grill in Jupiter, said her restaurant has long favored building costs into menu prices rather than adding fees at the end of a meal.
Adverb
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Jackson opened up about his enduringly strong bond with Holmes during an episode of Jesse Tyler Ferguson's Dinner's on Me podcast in April.
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And for celebration, because May is Asian-American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, a rainbow within the rainbow of cultural awareness markers, an enduringly delicious practice.
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“Perennially.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/perennially. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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