I have an abiding interest in animal welfare—it's not just a phase I'm going through.
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By anointing himself chairman of the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Napoleon-style, Donald Trump revealed a longing to seize one of America’s most romantic and abiding myths: Camelot.—Gal Beckerman, The Atlantic, 25 Feb. 2025 Already frazzled by a couple days in other fire zones, my head was clouded with doubt and, yet, an abiding belief that the old house might have another life.—James Rainey, Los Angeles Times, 12 Jan. 2025 The cousins’ complementary natures may have bonded them in their youth, and a genuine and abiding love clearly remains.—Gary Goldstein, Los Angeles Times, 2 Nov. 2024 The beautiful thing about the full-circle moments experienced by these sports stars is what’s at the center of them – pure and abiding love.—Ken Makin, The Christian Science Monitor, 31 Oct. 2024 See All Example Sentences for abiding
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Etymology
Middle English abydynge, from present participle of abiden "to abide"
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