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Recent Examples of stubbornly
Fed Chair Jerome Powell and several other Fed officials have expressed concerns about more rate cuts, as inflation remains stubbornly high and could be fueled by lowering rates.
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Fortune, 5 Nov. 2025
And part of you remains tethered to the past, stubbornly loyal to the older version of the person.
—James Marcus, New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2025
An ongoing government shutdown means the Fed is missing key data, inflation remains stubbornly high and the labor market shows signs of cooling – all signs pointing to a murky road forward for Fed officials.
—Rachel Barber, USA Today, 30 Oct. 2025
But since the beginning of the year, inventory has grown nationwide as a result of more sellers coming into the market and buyers withdrawing from it due to rising housing costs, including stubbornly high mortgage rates, which have lingered between 6 percent and 7 percent for the past three years.
—Giulia Carbonaro, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Oct. 2025
These diseases have persistently and stubbornly increased through the decades, through various dietary trends and public health interventions.
—Yuki Noguchi, NPR, 28 Oct. 2025
A number of factors have kept prices stubbornly high, including widespread drought and the reemergence of a flesh-eating screwworm in Mexican cattle.
—Mackensy Lunsford, Nashville Tennessean, 23 Oct. 2025
Average transaction prices for new vehicles remain stubbornly high.
—Eric D. Lawrence, Freep.com, 20 Oct. 2025
Stock futures rose on Monday, even as the CBOE Volatility Index, known as Wall Street's fear gauge, remained stubbornly above the 20 handle.
—Sarah Min, CNBC, 20 Oct. 2025
Fortune, 5 Nov. 2025
And part of you remains tethered to the past, stubbornly loyal to the older version of the person.
—James Marcus, New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2025
An ongoing government shutdown means the Fed is missing key data, inflation remains stubbornly high and the labor market shows signs of cooling – all signs pointing to a murky road forward for Fed officials.
—Rachel Barber, USA Today, 30 Oct. 2025
But since the beginning of the year, inventory has grown nationwide as a result of more sellers coming into the market and buyers withdrawing from it due to rising housing costs, including stubbornly high mortgage rates, which have lingered between 6 percent and 7 percent for the past three years.
—Giulia Carbonaro, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Oct. 2025
These diseases have persistently and stubbornly increased through the decades, through various dietary trends and public health interventions.
—Yuki Noguchi, NPR, 28 Oct. 2025
A number of factors have kept prices stubbornly high, including widespread drought and the reemergence of a flesh-eating screwworm in Mexican cattle.
—Mackensy Lunsford, Nashville Tennessean, 23 Oct. 2025
Average transaction prices for new vehicles remain stubbornly high.
—Eric D. Lawrence, Freep.com, 20 Oct. 2025
Stock futures rose on Monday, even as the CBOE Volatility Index, known as Wall Street's fear gauge, remained stubbornly above the 20 handle.
—Sarah Min, CNBC, 20 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for stubbornly
Adverb
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Yet, despite how clearly the meme’s lineage can be traced, adults — present company excluded — seem willfully baffled.—
Jeff Ihaza,
Rolling Stone,
11 Nov. 2025
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The president was charged in 2023 with willfully retaining national defense information.—
Aysha Bagchi,
USA Today,
23 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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Út and his attorney dispute the findings of Knight’s team and steadfastly maintain that Út took the photo.—
Maria Fontoura,
Rolling Stone,
7 Nov. 2025
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Sliwa, the colorful founder of the Guardian Angels crime patrol group, has steadfastly refused calls to drop out from both Cuomo and his supporters.—
Anthony Izaguirre,
Fortune,
24 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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Benjamin Franklin, for example, worked tirelessly over the eight years between 1775 and 1783 to kindle the civil war within the British Empire into a worldwide blaze.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
7 Nov. 2025
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Ty Gee concluded his message by acknowledging the doctors in Las Vegas who worked tirelessly to save his father and by confirming the legitimacy of the family’s GoFundMe page, which will now help with burial expenses.—
Preezy Brown,
VIBE.com,
4 Nov. 2025
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“Stubbornly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stubbornly. Accessed 29 Nov. 2025.
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