durability

noun

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as in continuity
uninterrupted or lasting existence the durability of the novel's popularity since it was first published in the 1930s

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  1. continuity
  2. continuation
  3. continuance
  4. persistence
Noun
  • The continuity comes from the colors in the artwork and the types of frames.
    — Amy Panos, Better Homes & Gardens, 15 Mar. 2025
  • One particularly fascinating detail is how each robot was designed to match a specific decade, creating a sense of historical continuity.
    — Tony Bradley, Forbes, 14 Mar. 2025
Definition of continuity
Noun
  • This is just the continuation of one of the worst seasons of Rozier’s NBA career.
    — Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 18 Mar. 2025
  • The three priorities John Seidler elucidated Wednesday were presented as a continuation.
    — Kevin Acee, Chicago Tribune, 14 Mar. 2025
Definition of continuation
Noun
  • Earlier Wednesday, Cohen had asked for a two-month continuance on the case due to staffing and budgetary shortfalls.
    — Annie Palmer, CNBC, 12 Mar. 2025
  • Under McKinley, the U.S. not only refrained from the vicious China land grab but employed its growing diplomatic influence to discourage its continuance and to deprecate the 19th-century imperialist credo.
    — Robert W. Merry, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 7 Mar. 2025
Definition of continuance
Noun
  • That’s the inventor’s playbook: Patience, persistence, and an ambitious plan.
    — Stephen Key, Forbes, 18 Mar. 2025
  • In the last year alone, Davis notes scientists have published important work in a variety of areas — on blood clotting, the impacts of exercise, evidence of viral persistence in the spinal cord, and loss of blood flow to the brain, to name just a few.
    — Will Stone, NPR, 12 Mar. 2025
Definition of persistence
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