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staying power

noun

  1. ability or strength to last or endure; endurance; stamina.


staying power

noun

  1. endurance; stamina


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Word History and Origins

Origin of staying power1

First recorded in 1855–60

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Idioms and Phrases

The ability to endure or last, as in I'm not sure that this young novelist will have staying power , or Our candidate definitely has staying power . This expression comes from racing, where it means “the strength to maintain speed through a race.” [Second half of 1800s]

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Example Sentences

Three years after stunning college basketball, Loyola appears to have some staying power.

The myth has found staying power in messaging from groups sponsored by bottled-water companies, such as Hydration for Health and Nestlé Waters, which backed studies aiming to show that people were not hydrating enough.

Biteable raises a $7M Series A for its template-based online video builder — The product is designed for creating video assets that have more staying power than temporary social videos.

Coach Matt Campbell has created at least a glimmer of staying power in Ames, a noteworthy accomplishment at a school that had back-to-back winning seasons just twice in the 37 years before Campbell took over in 2016.

The question really comes down to which trends have staying power.

From Fortune

But the idea that the United States must maintain its hegemonic status in a unipolar world—on the right, that has staying power.

His staying power is a testament to the poptimist adage that if someone likes something, it must have some merit.

Thanks in large part to his skill and imagination, Potter has had much more staying power than his peers.

Nor is it clear that the Assad regime is in a position to be confident of its staying power.

As the park protest grew, regular Turks like the schoolteacher filled out its ranks, giving the movement rare staying power.

I suppose there never has been a war in which one has required such staying power, excepting perhaps the Crimean expedition.

He was not the sort of man to die from want of staying power, which, after all, is the cause of more deaths than we dream of.

"But you must concoct something with more staying power," he went on.

He'd bought her and she'd developed a spirit like wet cotton wool, no pace, no staying power.

He certainly never could grow tired of her, and her looks were of the sort that had staying power.

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