as in persistent
continuing despite difficulties, opposition, or discouragement
Margaret Sanger is remembered as an insistent crusader for birth control
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The insistent demands that email, text messages, application notifications, infrastructure alerts, etc. place on knowledge worker attention can easily compromise an individual’s ability to sustain focus on the task at hand.
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Mark Settle, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2025
The roaring cry of the dogs had taken on an insistent note.
—Frank C. Hibben, Outdoor Life, 13 Feb. 2025
Shattered rejects both, never leaving the insistent and unceremonious present tense.
—Hillary Kelly, The Atlantic, 3 Feb. 2025
Big players like Google are insistent that AI is the savior of search, despite many early attempts to integrate AI ending in disaster.
—Kate Knibbs, WIRED, 22 Jan. 2025
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Mark Settle, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2025
The roaring cry of the dogs had taken on an insistent note.
—Frank C. Hibben, Outdoor Life, 13 Feb. 2025
Shattered rejects both, never leaving the insistent and unceremonious present tense.
—Hillary Kelly, The Atlantic, 3 Feb. 2025
Big players like Google are insistent that AI is the savior of search, despite many early attempts to integrate AI ending in disaster.
—Kate Knibbs, WIRED, 22 Jan. 2025
See All Example Sentences for insistent
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“Insistent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/insistent. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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