enduring

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  1. adjective Lasting; continuing; durable: a novel of enduring interest.
  2. adjective Long-suffering; patient.

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  • "Unfortunately, with cutbacks in mental health especially, people are fire-fighting long-term enduring illnesses." —  Army Rumour Service
  • Republicans have nothing like the enduring, bottom-up democratic grassroots support that we enjoy from organized labor. —  BlatherWatch
  • They turned pain, which is natural, enduring, and eternally triumphant, into personal memory, which is human, brief and eternally elusive. —  2x3x7
  • Mentoring [1] -- from the Greek word meaning enduring -- is defined as a sustained relationship between a youth and an adult. —  Recently Uploaded Slideshows
  • But when it came to enduring, and eventually prospering, FDR voiced an important truth: American political institutions and core values proved impressively resilient. —  Latest News
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enduring:   endure ·  endured ·  endures
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  1. Ppr. of endure, v.
  2. Middle English enduryng; present participle of endure, v., used like during, prep.
 

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