STAUNCHNESS Synonyms: 25 Similar and Opposite Words

staunchness

noun

Definition of staunchness

as in loyalty

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Noun

Torrid's Chief Commercial Officer, Ashlee Wheeler, highlights the casting call's success in both acquiring new customers and fostering community, emphasizing that genuine representation drives loyalty and commercial growth.

— Virgie Tovar, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026
Queenstown hails from creator, writer and executive producer Chloe Stearns, In the series, beneath the glamour of Queenstown’s luxury ski scene, a privileged family and the people who work for them collide over power, loyalty and desire.

— Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 27 July 2026

Definition of loyalty

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But Cricket resists this vision, preferring a more solitary idea of artistic devotion, and the story’s sympathies lean in his direction.

— Tope Folarin, The Atlantic, 22 July 2026
But The Odyssey is the first time his devotion to the literal Real has been wielded so effectively.

— Paul A. Thompson, Pitchfork, 21 July 2026

Definition of devotion

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Wilson's translation, which took six years to complete, has been hailed for its vibrant language and faithfulness to the original Greek text.

— Dave Davies, NPR, 29 July 2026
Bharathram thought maybe the assumption of unfaithfulness was wrong, so the group adapted Moody’s method to instead try to prove faithfulness.

— Lyndie Chiou, Scientific American, 24 July 2026

Definition of faithfulness

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Change is the one constant of life on Earth; that constancy is exactly what makes change so difficult to spot.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 15 July 2026
Remarkable for her constancy and intelligence, Penelope devises delay tactics to discourage 108 aggressive suitors during Odysseus’s 20-year absence.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 1 July 2026

Definition of constancy

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While the original version of the show was criticized for excess changes, members of the new creative team, in their statements, indicate more fealty to the original.

— Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 27 July 2026
Then there is one overriding factor in the current political climate — a GOP that pays fealty to a president with little support among residents in the state’s most populous counties.

— Rick Pearson, Chicago Tribune, 26 July 2026

Definition of fealty

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