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    • persistent :never-ceasing
      • the relentless beat of the drums

    • persistent :continually recurring to the mind
      • haunting memories|the cathedral organ and the distant voices have a haunting beauty

    • persistent :retained; not shed
      • persistent leaves remain attached past maturity|the persistent gills of fishes

    • persistent :stubbornly unyielding
      • dogged persistence|dour determination|the most vocal and pertinacious of all the critics|a mind not gifted to discover truth but tenacious to hold it|men tenacious of opinion

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