tenacity

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  1. noun The state or quality of being tenacious: "Social styles developed in the 19th century withstand, with sporelike tenacity, all that the present century can throw at them” (Larry McMurty).

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  • Camby, 35, has been a force in the paint playing both the center and power forward positions and his tenacity was justifiably rewarded when he won the NBA Defensive Player of the Year Award in 2006-07. —  Dallas Mavericks Blog Posts
  • One has to admire Abraham for his tenacity, arguing with God Almighty for the sake of 50 men! —  Electronic Intifada : Palestine
  • I remain amazed by Soderbergh's tenacity, as he continues not to do 'one for them and one for him' but to be a truly experimental artist, even with big budget films like —  Hollywood Elsewhere
  • Murray's tenacity was then rewarded as he took the game and Verdasco's challenge was running on empty as he lost his next service to go 3-0 down.
  • With 48\% of this season's results having been decided by seven points or fewer, tenacity is also critical. —  Sport news, comment and results | guardian.co.uk
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  1. from French ténacité = Spanish tenacidad = Portuguese tenacidade = Italian tenacità, from Latin tenacita(t-)s, a holding fast, from tenax(tenac-), holding fast: see tenacious.
 

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