permanently
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James Baldwin, who never once had to raise his voice to leave a room permanently changed.
From Salon ● Jul. 15, 2026
Lockheed Martin plans to advance a compact, modular power system designed to generate electricity in the Moon's permanently shadowed regions, where sunlight never reaches.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 15, 2026
For Woman Scotland has called for an apology over the way it has been characterised and called for the Amnesty report to be withdrawn permanently.
From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2026
Scores of protesters marched a mile from the site of the hazardous blaze to the meeting, chanting as they walked that the warehouse had poisoned their community and they wanted it removed permanently.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 10, 2026
After my six-month probation, I got a promotion, a raise, and an offer to permanently join the Flight Research Division’s Maneuver Loads Branch, whose research included keeping aircraft safe when they were in flight.
From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson
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