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Recent Examples of stubbornly
Duran had published articles on Tan and his wealthy colleagues, like Balaji Srinivasan, a tech investor who was promoting an esoteric but stubbornly influential concept called the Network State.
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Literary Hub, 15 Oct. 2025
But too low interest rates can push upward on inflation, which has already been stubbornly stuck above the Fed’s 2% target.
—Jason Del Rey, Fortune, 15 Oct. 2025
The Nasdaq on Tuesday remained stubbornly in the red as tech struggled.
—Matthew J. Belvedere,paulina Likos, CNBC, 14 Oct. 2025
Jimbōchō is very retro and a bit dusty but has boho charm to spare, remaining stubbornly independent in the face of the globalization’s homogenizing force.
—Jessica Kozuka, Travel + Leisure, 6 Oct. 2025
But stubbornly clinging to a player who is taking up a roster spot and shouldn’t be allowed within a country mile of starting lineups can be the issue that turns an early-season hole into an inescapable chasm.
—Gary Davenport, New York Times, 30 Sep. 2025
The market has seen a decline in existing home sales, limited inventory, higher home prices and mortgage rates that remain stubbornly high following historic pandemic-era lows.
—Scott Neuman, NPR, 29 Sep. 2025
Americans ramped up their spending in August; however, their costs of living were on the rise as food and other goods became even more expensive last month and services prices remained stubbornly high.
—Alicia Wallace, CNN Money, 26 Sep. 2025
Slowing growth and a prolonged property crisis have eroded consumer confidence, keeping prices stubbornly low.
—Micah McCartney, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Sep. 2025
Literary Hub, 15 Oct. 2025
But too low interest rates can push upward on inflation, which has already been stubbornly stuck above the Fed’s 2% target.
—Jason Del Rey, Fortune, 15 Oct. 2025
The Nasdaq on Tuesday remained stubbornly in the red as tech struggled.
—Matthew J. Belvedere,paulina Likos, CNBC, 14 Oct. 2025
Jimbōchō is very retro and a bit dusty but has boho charm to spare, remaining stubbornly independent in the face of the globalization’s homogenizing force.
—Jessica Kozuka, Travel + Leisure, 6 Oct. 2025
But stubbornly clinging to a player who is taking up a roster spot and shouldn’t be allowed within a country mile of starting lineups can be the issue that turns an early-season hole into an inescapable chasm.
—Gary Davenport, New York Times, 30 Sep. 2025
The market has seen a decline in existing home sales, limited inventory, higher home prices and mortgage rates that remain stubbornly high following historic pandemic-era lows.
—Scott Neuman, NPR, 29 Sep. 2025
Americans ramped up their spending in August; however, their costs of living were on the rise as food and other goods became even more expensive last month and services prices remained stubbornly high.
—Alicia Wallace, CNN Money, 26 Sep. 2025
Slowing growth and a prolonged property crisis have eroded consumer confidence, keeping prices stubbornly low.
—Micah McCartney, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for stubbornly
Adverb
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Often sustainability no longer implies that slave labor wasn’t deployed, or that there hasn’t been a purposeful reduction in the tuna population, but instead that there has been some vague dialogue entered into about not willfully raping the planet.—
Louis J. Esterhazy,
Footwear News,
11 Oct. 2025
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And suggesting that Dustin Johnson and Patrick Reed should be on a Ryder Cup team in 2025 is both willfully obtuse and indicative of a person looking back, not forward.—
Hugh Kellenberger,
New York Times,
2 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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Matthew Restall, for example, has worked indefatigably as a myth buster for dozens of misconceptions for roughly two decades now, and only recently did another historian, Camilla Townsend, stitch together the history of the Aztecs according to their own statements, as recorded in Nahuatl.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
18 Aug. 2025
Adverb
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Advertisement Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, meanwhile, has steadfastly maintained that Trump could have easily avoided a shutdown.—
Callum Sutherland,
Time,
1 Oct. 2025
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No matter how much football is sanitised, or how much is taken away from us, chants remain something that steadfastly belong to us.—
Nick Miller,
New York Times,
30 Sep. 2025
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Thank you to our coaches, student-athletes and staff who work so tirelessly to represent Charlotte with pride and class.—
Hunter Bailey,
Charlotte Observer,
17 Oct. 2025
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Coming to terms with that change has been challenging for those who tirelessly fought for People’s Park to remain undeveloped.—
Sierra Lopez,
Mercury News,
16 Oct. 2025
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“Stubbornly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stubbornly. Accessed 19 Oct. 2025.
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