as in obstinately
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Recent Examples of stubbornly
The soaring temperatures are caused by a heat dome — a vast area of stagnant high pressure parked over swaths of Europe, which acts like a lid on a pot, stubbornly trapping heat.
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Taylor Ward,
CNN Money,
24 June 2026
Home Depot and rival Lowe’s must also confront a weak housing market, which has been stung by stubbornly high interest rates and rising building material expenses.
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John Kell,
Fortune,
24 June 2026
Why does the no-shorts rule cling so stubbornly to life, like trousers stuck to sweaty thighs in June?
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Vann R. Newkirk Ii,
The Atlantic,
19 June 2026
This stubbornly optimistic place, where family after family scrapes and claws and laughs and dances their way to a better tomorrow.
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Sara Tenenbaum,
CBS News,
18 June 2026
The article posits that despite significant legal and social progress, cultural prejudice stubbornly persists, revealing that equality under law doesn't automatically eliminate ingrained biases.
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Sophia A. Nelson,
Forbes.com,
18 June 2026
The hobby remains stubbornly analog at its core.
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Hanna Wickes,
Charlotte Observer,
18 June 2026
Most stubbornly, Mexico hasn't played in the quarterfinals since 1986.
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Juliana Kim,
NPR,
17 June 2026
Gas prices have been stubbornly high.
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Bart Jansen,
USA Today,
17 June 2026
Taylor Ward,
CNN Money,
24 June 2026
Home Depot and rival Lowe’s must also confront a weak housing market, which has been stung by stubbornly high interest rates and rising building material expenses.
—
John Kell,
Fortune,
24 June 2026
Why does the no-shorts rule cling so stubbornly to life, like trousers stuck to sweaty thighs in June?
—
Vann R. Newkirk Ii,
The Atlantic,
19 June 2026
This stubbornly optimistic place, where family after family scrapes and claws and laughs and dances their way to a better tomorrow.
—
Sara Tenenbaum,
CBS News,
18 June 2026
The article posits that despite significant legal and social progress, cultural prejudice stubbornly persists, revealing that equality under law doesn't automatically eliminate ingrained biases.
—
Sophia A. Nelson,
Forbes.com,
18 June 2026
The hobby remains stubbornly analog at its core.
—
Hanna Wickes,
Charlotte Observer,
18 June 2026
Most stubbornly, Mexico hasn't played in the quarterfinals since 1986.
—
Juliana Kim,
NPR,
17 June 2026
Gas prices have been stubbornly high.
—
Bart Jansen,
USA Today,
17 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for stubbornly
Adverb
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Because Cuba’s communist dictatorship assumed absolute control of food production, obstinately clinging to absurdly inefficient economic policies that yielded ever-shrinking amounts of comestibles to consume or export.
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On the walk back to the inn, Henry veered off the trail to pick up a fallen branch, gray and forked with one crisp leaf clinging obstinately on.
Adverb
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Any creditor who willfully violates the stay can be liable for damages, attorney fees and costs, and also sometimes punitive damages.
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By denigrating the foundation of our democracy, Trump is willfully eroding it.
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Selling cigarettes on the street to buy food for her siblings, the pre-teen is indefatigably upbeat, eagerly anticipating an imminent passage to Germany.
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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.
Adverb
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In internal messaging to staff, Bunch has steadfastly asserted the Institution’s independence, while not mentioning Trump by name.
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But back the duo steadfastly returned to battle.
Adverb
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Fans draped in the country’s tricolour flag two-step, dance and jive — led tirelessly by the body-paint-sporting ‘Seven Letters’ — to the constant drumming.
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Gardeners know pollinators are essential, especially those industrious bees buzzing tirelessly in and out of squash blossoms and trumpet vines.
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“Stubbornly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stubbornly. Accessed 29 Jun. 2026.
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