persists
- present tense form of persist (3rd person singular).
Example Sentences
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Interest in the Backrooms persists precisely because they lack a fixed mythology, geographical reality, or narrative history, allowing users to construct meaning around places that, nonetheless, feel uncannily familiar.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 26, 2026
These can include repetitive behavior, challenges with social interaction, enlarged brain growth, and altered sensory processing that persists later in life.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 25, 2026
That question persists throughout this Cold War-era creation by Mr. McGoohan, who directed several episodes, sometimes under a pseudonym.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 30, 2026
If it persists, you may want to take some chips off the table and/or buy hedges as portfolio insurance.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 29, 2026
But it persists still through the whole night.
From "All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel" by Erich Maria Remarque
