Lasting and Staying

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Lasting adjective - Having an existence or validity that does not change or diminish.

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Staying and lasting are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Staying" instead an adjective "Lasting".

Nearby Words: lasted, lastingly

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Lasting and staying are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Lasting" instead an adjective "Staying".

Nearby Words: stay, stayed, stayer

Staying Alive: For a sorcerer to die, they have to take four times their Stamina score in lasting damage and be denied speedy intensive care.

Source: Tabletop Game / Sorcerer
With such an alienating form of immortality, the only liches who survive longer than a few decades tend to be either insane, have incredibly strong wills, or are possessed of a sufficiently long-lasting goal to keep them focused on staying existent.

Source: Who Wants to Live Forever?
The whole falling in love thing lasting only a limited time (the lovestruck part which more likely leads to sexual desire) is, evolutionary speaking, basically a compromise between staying together long enough to raise a child and not wasting top much time on a "bad" mate for both sexes.

Source: My Girl Is Not a Slut

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