as in persistent
continuing despite difficulties, opposition, or discouragement
Margaret Sanger is remembered as an insistent crusader for birth control
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Trump was insistent Monday that the tariffs are required to rebalance trade and reorient the U.S. economy following years of being taken advantage of.
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Tara Suter, The Hill, 8 Apr. 2025
But the move also is an assault on Canada, which Trump is insistent about annexing in some fashion.
—Jamie L. Lareau, USA Today, 27 Mar. 2025
Although the Suez Canal has been insistent that the trade artery is stabilizing, that hasn’t driven traffic to the canal in the time since.
—Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 10 Mar. 2025
But that’s where Adolescence pushes its insistent finger down our fragile parental psyches.
—Avivah Wittenberg-Cox, Forbes.com, 5 Apr. 2025
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Tara Suter, The Hill, 8 Apr. 2025
But the move also is an assault on Canada, which Trump is insistent about annexing in some fashion.
—Jamie L. Lareau, USA Today, 27 Mar. 2025
Although the Suez Canal has been insistent that the trade artery is stabilizing, that hasn’t driven traffic to the canal in the time since.
—Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 10 Mar. 2025
But that’s where Adolescence pushes its insistent finger down our fragile parental psyches.
—Avivah Wittenberg-Cox, Forbes.com, 5 Apr. 2025
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“Insistent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/insistent. Accessed 29 Apr. 2025.
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