continued
Americanadjective
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lasting or enduring without interruption.
continued good health.
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going on after an interruption; resuming.
a continued TV series.
Other Word Forms
- continuedly adverb
- continuedness noun
- uncontinued adjective
- well-continued adjective
Etymology
Origin of continued
Example Sentences
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The selloff continued even as the company said that based on attendance at its movie theaters and admissions revenue, it had the best pre-Christmas holiday weekend since 2021.
From MarketWatch
But she continued to advocate for freedom in Hong Kong from her new home in Britain as a staffer at the Hong Kong Democracy Council, an American nonprofit.
"It makes the compound so much more fragile, so much more sensitive, so that even though we had had years of methodological advances, the compound continued to pose a challenge for us."
From Science Daily
The stock’s multiyear bull run continued in 2025 as it became the most valuable public company, with the shares gaining another one-third in value this year—no small feat for a multi-trillion dollar name.
From Barron's
The stock’s multiyear bull run continued in 2025 as it became the most valuable public company, with the shares gaining another one-third in value this year—no small feat for a multi-trillion dollar name.
From Barron's
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