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as in persevered
to continue despite difficulties, opposition, or discouragement
she persisted in her efforts and eventually got the job she wanted
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as in remained
to remain indefinitely in existence or in the same state
my headache persisted for almost the entire day
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Recent Examples of persisted
But Joe and Fred persisted, and more than 20 years later they were proved right.
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Lawrence Ingrassia,
STAT,
26 June 2026
But disagreements over the strait have persisted.
—
Mark Osborne,
CBS News,
26 June 2026
But symptoms persisted in 41% of subjects despite following the rule, and those participants needed further treatment.
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Samantha Agate,
Charlotte Observer,
24 June 2026
Geopolitical risk persisted as Lebanon's Hezbollah said Israeli forces opened fire on civilians in southern Lebanon on Tuesday and that the incident violated the ceasefire agreement between the two sides.
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Anushree Mukherjee,
USA Today,
23 June 2026
Iterations of this attitude have persisted through eight generations and nearly 250 years.
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Eythana Miller,
The Dial,
23 June 2026
Vcg | Visual China Group | Getty Images BEIJING — China’s consumer spending slowdown persisted in June, with growth during one of the country’s largest online shopping festivals weakening sharply from a year earlier.
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Evelyn Cheng,
CNBC,
23 June 2026
The pattern held across the broader workforce, too, and persisted even after Gallup accounted for age, education, industry and how long ago workers had been let go.
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Joe Toscano,
Forbes.com,
19 June 2026
Arnautovic persisted, showing all the scrapping and fighting spirit he is known for.
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Charlotte Harpur,
New York Times,
17 June 2026
Lawrence Ingrassia,
STAT,
26 June 2026
But disagreements over the strait have persisted.
—
Mark Osborne,
CBS News,
26 June 2026
But symptoms persisted in 41% of subjects despite following the rule, and those participants needed further treatment.
—
Samantha Agate,
Charlotte Observer,
24 June 2026
Geopolitical risk persisted as Lebanon's Hezbollah said Israeli forces opened fire on civilians in southern Lebanon on Tuesday and that the incident violated the ceasefire agreement between the two sides.
—
Anushree Mukherjee,
USA Today,
23 June 2026
Iterations of this attitude have persisted through eight generations and nearly 250 years.
—
Eythana Miller,
The Dial,
23 June 2026
Vcg | Visual China Group | Getty Images BEIJING — China’s consumer spending slowdown persisted in June, with growth during one of the country’s largest online shopping festivals weakening sharply from a year earlier.
—
Evelyn Cheng,
CNBC,
23 June 2026
The pattern held across the broader workforce, too, and persisted even after Gallup accounted for age, education, industry and how long ago workers had been let go.
—
Joe Toscano,
Forbes.com,
19 June 2026
Arnautovic persisted, showing all the scrapping and fighting spirit he is known for.
—
Charlotte Harpur,
New York Times,
17 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for persisted
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Even as borders have changed and countries dissolved over the past century, the World Cup has persevered.
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Those who persevered will soon have a chance to see their dreams come to reality.
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As of Sunday afternoon, about 300 fire personnel were fighting the blaze, which remained uncontained.
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The driver of the SUV remained at the scene of the accident, police said.
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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.
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SpaceX continued its sharp descent back to Earth.
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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.
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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.
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“Persisted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/persisted. Accessed 28 Jun. 2026.
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