inveteracy

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for inveteracy
Noun
  • But then there is that deadness that enters into the closing chapters, which might as easily be called inexorability.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 23 Sep. 2025
  • Rather than conjuring a mood of bracing inexorability, this linear focus only suffocates what might be an interesting debate, as a man of the modern world weighs his values against those of a woman raised in atavistic isolation.
    Richard Lawson, HollywoodReporter, 7 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • In Louisiana, roughly 80 such prisoners have not yet had resentencing hearings, due partly to prosecutors’ adamancy and ongoing court fights but also to funding shortages for attorneys to take these cases, legal advocacy groups say.
    NBC News, NBC News, 15 May 2020
  • Prince Harry has expressed his adamancy in making sure the mega-popular Netflix series doesn’t portray his and wife Duchess Meghan’s relationship and tabloid turmoil for the television screen.
    Bianca Betancourt, Harper's BAZAAR, 22 Jan. 2020
Noun
  • An impressive defensive coach, he has occasionally been criticized for a certain regular season inflexibility in his rotations and overplaying his best contributors.
    Alex Kirschenbaum, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Sep. 2025
  • However, the reality is that the inherent inflexibility of immutability is essential to ensuring business resiliency and provides the invaluable peace of mind that comes with knowing data will always be there, ready to be recovered, no matter what.
    David Bennett, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • The Home Service Insurance segment experienced a decline in premiums, attributed to strategic actions to improve sales quality and persistency, as well as economic pressures such as inflation.
    Quartz Intelligence Newsroom, Quartz, 13 Mar. 2025
  • The tannins are well structured yet soft and the wine has great persistency in the finish.
    Mike DeSimone and Jeff Jenssen, Robb Report, 2 May 2023
Noun
  • This week’s episode has so much good stuff for memoirists—including Mallary’s story of tenacity (she was rejected many many times on her first time out the gate with this book); her pivot to memoir-plus, and her insights on writing a memoir with an unusual structure.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 20 Oct. 2025
  • One of the ways Bradley has endeared himself to supporters is his natural tenacity when defending — but that aggression does get him into trouble.
    Andy Jones, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • For me, there’s always the perversity of getting on a trendy bandwagon and just liking it for the irony.
    Marc Malkin, Variety, 14 Oct. 2025
  • Here, Henkel leans into the inherent perversity that lingered in the sequels but has rarely been effectively employed since Hooper’s original.
    Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 21 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • These entrepreneurs have built their paths through persistence, creativity, and a focus on real-world impact.
    Malana VanTyler, USA Today, 27 Oct. 2025
  • Menounos says her persistence saved her life.
    Yamillah Hurtado, PEOPLE, 27 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The insider also pointed out William’s steadfastness as a royal.
    Jason Pham, StyleCaster, 12 Oct. 2025
  • Be Steadfast and Immovable In a world of shifting market dynamics, steadfastness in mission and values can serve as a compass.
    Bhakti Mirchandani, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
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“Inveteracy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inveteracy. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.

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