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Recent Examples of persistency
The Home Service Insurance segment experienced a decline in premiums, attributed to strategic actions to improve sales quality and persistency, as well as economic pressures such as inflation.
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Quartz Intelligence Newsroom, Quartz, 13 Mar. 2025
The Home Service Insurance segment experienced a decline in premiums, attributed to strategic actions to improve sales quality and persistency, as well as economic pressures such as inflation.
—Quartz Intelligence Newsroom, Quartz, 13 Mar. 2025
The tannins are well structured yet soft and the wine has great persistency in the finish.
—Mike Desimone and Jeff Jenssen, Robb Report, 2 May 2023
Dan recalled of his daughter’s persistency.
—Eric Sondheimer Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 21 Dec. 2020
During the 1960s, biologist W.D. Hamilton proposed that On the Origins of Species failed to account for the persistency of traits that didn’t directly benefit the animal in question.
—Tim Brinkhof, Discover Magazine, 9 Mar. 2021
It is elegantly structured with silky soft tannins and great persistency.
—Mike Desimone and Jeff Jenssen, Robb Report, 9 Dec. 2022
Many research scientists view these technologies as therapeutic grief tools, the question is of persistency and its potentially addictive implications?
—Cindy Gordon, Forbes, 26 Sep. 2021
Think: multiple people, multiple outreach attempts and professional persistency.
—Ron Carson, Forbes, 11 Mar. 2021
Quartz Intelligence Newsroom, Quartz, 13 Mar. 2025
The Home Service Insurance segment experienced a decline in premiums, attributed to strategic actions to improve sales quality and persistency, as well as economic pressures such as inflation.
—Quartz Intelligence Newsroom, Quartz, 13 Mar. 2025
The tannins are well structured yet soft and the wine has great persistency in the finish.
—Mike Desimone and Jeff Jenssen, Robb Report, 2 May 2023
Dan recalled of his daughter’s persistency.
—Eric Sondheimer Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 21 Dec. 2020
During the 1960s, biologist W.D. Hamilton proposed that On the Origins of Species failed to account for the persistency of traits that didn’t directly benefit the animal in question.
—Tim Brinkhof, Discover Magazine, 9 Mar. 2021
It is elegantly structured with silky soft tannins and great persistency.
—Mike Desimone and Jeff Jenssen, Robb Report, 9 Dec. 2022
Many research scientists view these technologies as therapeutic grief tools, the question is of persistency and its potentially addictive implications?
—Cindy Gordon, Forbes, 26 Sep. 2021
Think: multiple people, multiple outreach attempts and professional persistency.
—Ron Carson, Forbes, 11 Mar. 2021
Recent Examples of Synonyms for persistency
Noun
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Your commitment will require endurance, grace, and persistence.—
Liz Simmons,
StyleCaster,
27 May 2025
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By doing this, Els revealed the persistence of a parallel Afrikaner consciousness that remembers Apartheid not with shame, but with pride and nostalgia.—
Jordan King,
MSNBC Newsweek,
27 May 2025
Noun
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The good news, Patole believes, is that perseverance pays off.—
David Prosser,
Forbes.com,
3 June 2025
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For nearly the entirety of the 2024-25 season, the Minnesota Timberwolves were a story of perseverance and resilience.—
Jon Krawczynski,
New York Times,
29 May 2025
Noun
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The dunes are pretty impressive at 110 feet tall—give or take a little, depending on the airflow—but one woman’s tenacity kept them from being razed.—
Jennifer Prince,
Southern Living,
30 May 2025
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While many have praised the tenacity of the 28-year-old Georgia woman, others have expressed doubts about the veracity of her shocking survival story and have criticized her family’s fundraising motives.—
Clara Harter,
Los Angeles Times,
22 May 2025
Noun
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Campbell’s thirst to learn protected him from obstinacy.—
Brooks Kubena,
New York Times,
1 May 2025
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But as Nicky expands his interests and each man gains power, their lives become entangled in a story of hot temples, obstinacy, money, love and deception.—
Samantha Bergeson,
IndieWire,
29 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Related: ‘Neglected diseases’ are anything but neglected by the billion-plus people living with them One possible reason for this obduracy is that noma begins as a dental disease, and dental diseases have long been underappreciated global health concerns.—
John Button,
STAT,
16 Dec. 2023
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Perhaps the greatest testament to Morocco’s obduracy came late in normal time, when Rodri — a central midfielder being deployed as a central defender — strode forward and shot, more in hope than in expectation, from 35 yards.—
Rory Smith,
New York Times,
6 Dec. 2022
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“Persistency.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/persistency. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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