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Recent Examples of stubbornly
Inflation has remained stubbornly above the Federal Reserve’s 2% target.
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Alaa Shahine Salha, semafor.com, 11 Mar. 2026
But the spike in gas prices threatens to worsen inflation for at least a few months with Americans already worn down by nearly five years of stubbornly high prices.
—Christopher Rugaber, Los Angeles Times, 11 Mar. 2026
With inflation stubbornly stuck above the Fed’s 2% target, traders had been scaling back expectations for cuts this year even before the conflict started, while pushing bets for deeper easing into 2027 should a slowdown eventually materialize.
—Michael MacKenzie, Bloomberg, 8 Mar. 2026
Miran has been arguing that stubbornly high inflation numbers are more a function of how it is measured by the Commerce and Labor departments rather than true underlying pressures.
—Jeff Cox, CNBC, 6 Mar. 2026
For months, the West Wing has had difficulty explaining away stubbornly high prices but has been able to celebrate the low cost of gas.
—Vivian Salama, The Atlantic, 6 Mar. 2026
For years, economists have debated whether AI would be a net creator or destroyer of jobs—a debate that has mostly played out in conference rooms and research papers while the macro data remained stubbornly stable.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 3 Mar. 2026
The mistake was dragging it out for years, stubbornly clutching a depreciating asset while better offers came and went.
—Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 2 Mar. 2026
O’Grady explained that much of the housing stock delivered between 2015 and 2023 was built with higher land and construction costs, which has contributed to stubbornly high prices despite softening demand.
—Travis Webb, Austin American Statesman, 1 Mar. 2026
Alaa Shahine Salha, semafor.com, 11 Mar. 2026
But the spike in gas prices threatens to worsen inflation for at least a few months with Americans already worn down by nearly five years of stubbornly high prices.
—Christopher Rugaber, Los Angeles Times, 11 Mar. 2026
With inflation stubbornly stuck above the Fed’s 2% target, traders had been scaling back expectations for cuts this year even before the conflict started, while pushing bets for deeper easing into 2027 should a slowdown eventually materialize.
—Michael MacKenzie, Bloomberg, 8 Mar. 2026
Miran has been arguing that stubbornly high inflation numbers are more a function of how it is measured by the Commerce and Labor departments rather than true underlying pressures.
—Jeff Cox, CNBC, 6 Mar. 2026
For months, the West Wing has had difficulty explaining away stubbornly high prices but has been able to celebrate the low cost of gas.
—Vivian Salama, The Atlantic, 6 Mar. 2026
For years, economists have debated whether AI would be a net creator or destroyer of jobs—a debate that has mostly played out in conference rooms and research papers while the macro data remained stubbornly stable.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 3 Mar. 2026
The mistake was dragging it out for years, stubbornly clutching a depreciating asset while better offers came and went.
—Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 2 Mar. 2026
O’Grady explained that much of the housing stock delivered between 2015 and 2023 was built with higher land and construction costs, which has contributed to stubbornly high prices despite softening demand.
—Travis Webb, Austin American Statesman, 1 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for stubbornly
Adverb
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After an investigation, officials said the 18-year-old was arrested on suspicion of making criminal threats to willfully cause great bodily harm.—
Nicole Buss,
Sacbee.com,
6 Mar. 2026
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But, ultimately, the movie has the form of mismatched pieces stitched together and brought to life more willfully than coherently.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
4 Mar. 2026
Adverb
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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.—
Guy Lodge,
Variety,
24 Jan. 2026
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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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The Kremlin has also steadfastly denied it.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
6 Mar. 2026
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Madrid, meanwhile, are steadfastly backing the allegations made by Vinicius Jr, who has faced an obscene amount of racial abuse during his eight-year career at the Bernabeu.—
Phil Hay,
New York Times,
24 Feb. 2026
Adverb
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Shine worked tirelessly for nearly a decade to get his first shot in the NHL last season.—
Max Bultman,
New York Times,
9 Mar. 2026
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Kenya Red Cross Secretary-General Ahmed Idris said search and rescue teams were working tirelessly to assist those stranded.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
7 Mar. 2026
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“Stubbornly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stubbornly. Accessed 13 Mar. 2026.
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