Example Sentences

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American trade has moved in a more durably protectionist direction.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 21, 2026

Analysts said there was no guarantee that Europe-US relations had improved durably.

From Barron's • Jan. 23, 2026

He has thrown hard, if not always durably or effectively.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 1, 2025

Rachel Rizzo, a nonresident senior fellow at the Atlantic Council, said there’s a “palpable sense of uncertainty” as the United States and Europe wrestle with populist movements that have proven durably popular.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 4, 2024

I tell her yes and look at May, her face as yet wrinkleless, so round, her full cheek pinching her narrow eyes, the color and curve so durably Korean.

From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee