staunchness

noun

Definition of staunchnessnext
as in loyalty

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for staunchness
  1. loyalty
  2. devotion
  3. allegiance
  4. constancy
  5. fealty
Noun
  • Despite Alaska and Hawaiian operating separately, Alaska Air Group is working on combining the carrier’s loyalty programs.
    William Gavin, Quartz, 10 Dec. 2024
  • Shorter job tenures are becoming the new norm, with professionals prioritizing meaningful outcomes over long-term organizational loyalty.
    Talia Milgrom-Elcott, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2024
Definition of loyalty
Noun
  • An incongruity of ideals shaped by age, gender and religious devotion may place a family at a standstill, but the recognition of them becomes a sign of progress.
    Stephen Saito, Variety, 18 Dec. 2024
  • Gabbard identifies with the Vaishnava tradition, a tradition within the Hindu umbrella that privileges devotion to One Supreme Being in the form of Sri Krishna.
    Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 12 Dec. 2024
Definition of devotion
Noun
  • Assisting him is steadfast officer Salim, played by Mukesh Rishi, whose allegiances are doubted because of his Muslim faith.
    Thomas Page, CNN, 15 Dec. 2024
  • Confused and annoyed, he’s taken to Colonel Watson Smith (Anthony Howell) to justify his allegiance.
    Lincee Ray, EW.com, 14 Dec. 2024
Definition of allegiance
Noun
  • In the 1940s scientists realized this cosmic constancy could be used to measure time without the chaotic noise associated with other physical clocks.
    Allison Parshall, Scientific American, 11 Sep. 2024
  • Our second table has a higher hurdle for constancy of growth: All these land in the top decile of the universe in predictability of the earnings progression.
    William Baldwin, Forbes, 3 Sep. 2024
Definition of constancy
Noun
  • Blink Twice nods at a tangle of different contemporary ailments: lifestyle fetishism, wellness hedonism, our obscene fealty to stolid tech bros and their untrammeled wealth.
    Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 6 Dec. 2024
  • Hegseth is on his version of a charm offensive with Hill offices, and many of the Republicans up there are signaling their fealty.
    Philip Elliott, TIME, 4 Dec. 2024
Definition of fealty
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