Persistence and Stay

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Persistence

Persistence noun - Uninterrupted or lasting existence.

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Stay is an antonym for persistence.

Nearby Words: persistent, persisting, persistently, persistency

Stay

Stay noun - The stopping of a process or activity.

Usage example: we must work without stay if we are ever to reach our goal of equal rights for everyone

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Persistence is an antonym for stay in hold topic.

Nearby Words: stayed, staying

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good	good persistence	good stay
mental	mental persistence	mental stay

Both words in one sentence

In The Universiad, the Salary Men of the Office of Special Resources' Financial Management Directorate pursue financial crimes with superhuman diligence and persistence and have been known to stay on cases for decades to centuries in order to get their man.

Source: Badass Bureaucrat

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Stay and Persistence. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/persistence/stay

Persistence & Stay. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/persistence/stay>.

Stay or Persistence. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/persistence/stay.

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