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Recent Examples of stubbornly
An enduring enigma Despite advanced aerospace technology and decades of investigation, these cases stubbornly resist ordinary explanation.
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Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 3 Sep. 2025
For years, Keller would stubbornly sit outside in the sun smoking cigarettes, without a hat or sunblock.
—Kim Gordon, Rolling Stone, 3 Sep. 2025
However, the north-south magnetic orientation, known as Bz, stayed stubbornly northward for much of the event, limiting how much energy could couple into Earth's magnetosphere.
—Daisy Dobrijevic, Space.com, 2 Sep. 2025
Both episodes are widely blamed for leading to the stubbornly high inflation of the 1960s and ’70s.
—Christopher Rugaber, Chicago Tribune, 31 Aug. 2025
Getting generative AI to make that same kind of assessment is not an easy task and remains a stubbornly unresolved technical challenge.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2025
While the market brims with neon nootropics and mushroom elixirs, Dekáf remains stubbornly grounded.
—Lyssanoel Frater, USA Today, 28 Aug. 2025
At the national level, however, demand is shrinking as buyers' ambitions are crushed by stubbornly elevated mortgage rates, sky-high home prices, and other rising costs, including home insurance premiums, property taxes, and homeowner association fees.
—Giulia Carbonaro, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Aug. 2025
Mortgage rates have remained stubbornly high since 2023—which has been duly painful as many homeowners recall the sub-3% rates during the pandemic.
—Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 26 Aug. 2025
Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 3 Sep. 2025
For years, Keller would stubbornly sit outside in the sun smoking cigarettes, without a hat or sunblock.
—Kim Gordon, Rolling Stone, 3 Sep. 2025
However, the north-south magnetic orientation, known as Bz, stayed stubbornly northward for much of the event, limiting how much energy could couple into Earth's magnetosphere.
—Daisy Dobrijevic, Space.com, 2 Sep. 2025
Both episodes are widely blamed for leading to the stubbornly high inflation of the 1960s and ’70s.
—Christopher Rugaber, Chicago Tribune, 31 Aug. 2025
Getting generative AI to make that same kind of assessment is not an easy task and remains a stubbornly unresolved technical challenge.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2025
While the market brims with neon nootropics and mushroom elixirs, Dekáf remains stubbornly grounded.
—Lyssanoel Frater, USA Today, 28 Aug. 2025
At the national level, however, demand is shrinking as buyers' ambitions are crushed by stubbornly elevated mortgage rates, sky-high home prices, and other rising costs, including home insurance premiums, property taxes, and homeowner association fees.
—Giulia Carbonaro, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Aug. 2025
Mortgage rates have remained stubbornly high since 2023—which has been duly painful as many homeowners recall the sub-3% rates during the pandemic.
—Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 26 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for stubbornly
Adverb
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Tate and his brother Tristan willfully describe themselves as misogynists.—
Will Carless,
USA Today,
3 Sep. 2025
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Yet even in this willfully unproductive use of leisure time, work hovers overhead like a ghost.—
Julie Beck,
The Atlantic,
14 Aug. 2025
Adverb
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But safety and beauty, like dignity and love, are values DeSantis steadfastly refuses to acknowledge.—
Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board,
The Orlando Sentinel,
21 Aug. 2025
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Until Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Finland, which shares more than 800 miles of border with Russia, had remained steadfastly neutral for decades, including during the Cold War.—
Andrea Mitchell,
NBC news,
19 Aug. 2025
Adverb
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The Duchess worked tirelessly to help others and supported many causes, including through her love of music.—
Lizzie Lanuza,
StyleCaster,
5 Sep. 2025
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He's Delivered the Opposite | Opinion Venezuela has a unified and organized opposition that has been working tirelessly to prepare for this moment.—
Kristina Foltz,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 Sep. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Stubbornly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stubbornly. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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