as in endurance
great physical or mental strength that allows you to continue doing something for a long time
Do you have the stamina to finish the job?
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Recent Examples of stamina
To make the marathon journey to the Arctic, birds need physical stamina.
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Kate Wong, Scientific American, 16 Sep. 2025
That was a different type of stamina to stay in that emotional truth.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, Entertainment Weekly, 11 Sep. 2025
For those looking for a smaller dog, working cocker spaniels and Jack Russell terriers offer plenty of stamina in more compact bodies.
—Maria Azzurra Volpe, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Sep. 2025
Just getting there requires a motor vehicle, or else stamina and an appetite for risk.
—Justin Davidson, Curbed, 9 Sep. 2025
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Kate Wong, Scientific American, 16 Sep. 2025
That was a different type of stamina to stay in that emotional truth.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, Entertainment Weekly, 11 Sep. 2025
For those looking for a smaller dog, working cocker spaniels and Jack Russell terriers offer plenty of stamina in more compact bodies.
—Maria Azzurra Volpe, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Sep. 2025
Just getting there requires a motor vehicle, or else stamina and an appetite for risk.
—Justin Davidson, Curbed, 9 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for stamina
Recent Examples of Synonyms for stamina
Noun
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Cody Detwiler, popularly known through his YouTube channel ‘WhistlinDiesel’, tested a humanoid’s endurance capabilities with intense tasks, ultimately destroying the robot.—
Atharva Gosavi,
Interesting Engineering,
2 Oct. 2025
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Byrne is singing, playing and moving for nearly every moment of the two-hour-plus set, a feat of endurance and agility that would challenge performers 20 years younger.—
Jem Aswad,
Variety,
1 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Linebacker Zaire Franklin could not care less about the Colts’ strength of schedule.—
James Boyd,
New York Times,
6 Oct. 2025
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Another important strength of the category may look at first like a contradiction.—
Rebecca Ackermann,
The Atlantic,
5 Oct. 2025
Noun
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His big, bright smile, infectious energy and eternal positivity created a presence that continually uplifted others.—
Reice Shipley,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 Oct. 2025
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But sure enough, the artist born Frederick John Philip Gibson enlisted Amy Taylor and company for his drum n’ bass-inflected latest single, harnessing the group’s energy and then exploding it with Gesaffelstein-like sirens and typically all-over-the-place vocal triggers.—
Andrew Unterberger,
Billboard,
3 Oct. 2025
Noun
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His muscles will be worn to the fiber, asked to consistently chase and brake and crowd some of the league’s best perimeter players.—
Joel Lorenzi,
New York Times,
7 Oct. 2025
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And this inflatable water mat makes tummy time a blast, while helping little ones develop better balance and stronger core muscles.—
Anja Webb,
Parents,
7 Oct. 2025
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“Stamina.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stamina. Accessed 7 Oct. 2025.
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