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pursuance

American  
[per-soo-uhns] / pərˈsu əns /

noun

  1. the following or carrying out of some plan, course, injunction, or the like.


pursuance British  
/ pəˈsjuːəns /

noun

  1. the carrying out or pursuing of an action, plan, etc

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Other Word Forms

  • nonpursuance noun

Etymology

Origin of pursuance

First recorded in 1590–1600; pursue + -ance

Example Sentences

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These new results also have important implications for the proposed mass development of floating wind farms, in places like the Celtic Sea and northern North Sea, in pursuance of NetZero:

From Science Daily • Apr. 12, 2024

“They encouraged the pursuance of dialogue and reconciliation in accordance with the will and interests of the people of Myanmar,” the statement said.

From Reuters • Nov. 10, 2021

Besides, we are also aware that our state Constitution says “no money shall be drawn from the treasury but in pursuance of an appropriation made by law.”

From Washington Times • Jul. 22, 2020

Eight months later on December, 2, 1913, he returned to Capitol Hill “in pursuance of my constitutional duty to ‘give to the Congress information of the state of the Union.’”

From Washington Post • Jan. 29, 2018

“Unless Colonel Rondon told me that it would have to be done in pursuance of his duty.”

From "Death on the River of Doubt" by Samantha Seiple