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Recent Examples of persistency
The Home Service Insurance segment experienced a decline in premiums, attributed to strategic actions to improve sales quality and persistency, as well as economic pressures such as inflation.
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Quartz Intelligence Newsroom,
Quartz,
13 Mar. 2025
The tannins are well structured yet soft and the wine has great persistency in the finish.
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Mike Desimone and Jeff Jenssen,
Robb Report,
2 May 2023
Many research scientists view these technologies as therapeutic grief tools, the question is of persistency and its potentially addictive implications?
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Cindy Gordon,
Forbes,
26 Sep. 2021
Quartz Intelligence Newsroom,
Quartz,
13 Mar. 2025
The tannins are well structured yet soft and the wine has great persistency in the finish.
—
Mike Desimone and Jeff Jenssen,
Robb Report,
2 May 2023
Many research scientists view these technologies as therapeutic grief tools, the question is of persistency and its potentially addictive implications?
—
Cindy Gordon,
Forbes,
26 Sep. 2021
Recent Examples of Synonyms for persistency
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Scientists say that difference in scale and persistence means history does not guarantee a repeat outcome, even as El Niño is expected to strengthen through the fall and add another layer of ocean warming.
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But that persistence and learning became the foundation of my organization.
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And yet as cynical and beaten-down as the film’s viewpoint can often be, there is still a spark of decency and perseverance.
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Looking back, McCloskey said the yearslong legal battle reinforced the value of perseverance.
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No one else would’ve had the vision and the tenacity to see it through.
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But in this series, the Knicks showed greater maturity and tenacity.
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Starmer’s realism—or obstinacy, depending on your point of view—had seen off an immediate challenge.
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The natural obstinacy and rebelliousness of Israa’s teenage years are hyperaccelerated by culture clashes with both her family and the other kids around her.
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Archie’s stubbornness is a reflex to his worldview being attacked without first acknowledging his experience.
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There was also Tortorella’s stubbornness in sticking with goalie Carter Hart, who set the wrong type of records in the Stanley Cup Final.
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Her doggedness, maybe her righteousness too, a fierce myopic focus and will, and a crazy confidence that in the end, both have nothing to lose.
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By prioritizing skill and doggedness and overlooking height at the draft and on the free-agent and trade markets, the Hurricanes were able to consistently mine value in assembling a championship team.
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At 6 feet 9 and 255 pounds, Johnson is a unit of a forward, with all the tenaciousness and intensity needed to carve out a pro career.
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There was a tenaciousness from Minnesota down the stretch in what ended up being a 75-58 win over Green Bay.
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Perhaps the greatest testament to Morocco’s obduracy came late in normal time, when Rodri — a central midfielder being deployed as a central defender — strode forward and shot, more in hope than in expectation, from 35 yards.
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But a year later, more than two dozen of them remain stuck in Afghanistan, stalled by bureaucratic wrangling, the vagaries of international diplomacy and the obduracy of the Taliban government.
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“Persistency.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/persistency. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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