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Continue verb - To remain indefinitely in existence or in the same state.
Usage example: the heavy snow continued throughout the night
Common collocations
| business | close business | continue business |
| name | close name | continue name |
| show | close show | continue show |
| time | close time | continue time |
| Other words: way, game, fight, investigation, conversation, times. | ||
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Continue and Close. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/close/continue
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Continue or Close. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/close/continue.
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