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tenacity
[ tuh-nas-i-tee ]
noun
- the quality of being tenacious, or of holding fast; persistence:
the amazing tenacity of rumors.
- the quality of retaining something:
the tenacity of memory.
- the quality or property of holding together firmly:
testing the tenacity of the old book's binding.
Other Word Forms
- v·ٱ·Բi·ٲ noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of tenacity1
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Example Sentences
Willis' childhood, where she lost her mother at age 15 and found herself relegated to second-class status after her father quickly remarried, is the origin of much of her drive and tenacity.
And while members of the GOP applauded Booker’s tenacity, they also secretly snickered that “he’ll be as successful as Thurmond was holding back civil rights.”
“You would think she is not a freshman the way she plays defense — just her mentality, her tenacity, her length, her agility, her speed, her lateral movement,” Bueckers said.
After years of a cornucopia of abusive life choices – both self-inflicted and parentally initiated, Trump clings to a single strand of cogent thought with the tenacity of Sisyphus; how do I glorify myself?
The scandal was only uncovered by the tenacity of the Richford family, who lost baby Harry in 2017 following a series of avoidable errors.
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