PERMANENCY Synonyms: 16 Similar and Opposite Words

permanency

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Recent Examples of permanency The only answer for our country on that one is to use the legislative branch to finally have permanency in a 50-state requirement for all emissions — not just CO2, but everything. — Jamie Lincoln Kitman, Rolling Stone, 24 Apr. 2026 The Virginia Supreme Court on Thursday wrote that the law prohibiting challenges to an adoption after six months is designed to create permanency, so a child is not bounced from one home to another. — Arkansas Online, 13 Feb. 2026 The federal government conducts periodic audits of every state’s child welfare system to measure children’s safety, permanency and well being. — Livi Stanford, Hartford Courant, 2 Feb. 2026 Then in May of 2024, DCF changed the permanency plan with the child’s foster parents from pre-adoption to placement with Cabrera. — Rick Sobey, Boston Herald, 24 Jan. 2026 See All Example Sentences for permanency

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For decades, console owners have faced a choice between the convenience of digital downloads and the permanence of physical game discs.

— Kyle Orland, ArsTechnica, 26 Aug. 2026
As permanence becomes harder for either side to promise, the flexibility to adapt might become the most valuable form of security in the labor market of tomorrow.

— Noah Yosif, Fortune, 24 Aug. 2026

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Altogether, the designs, meant to evoke a sense of timelessness and livability on the seas, will now be known as Numarine Atelier.

— Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 28 Aug. 2026
A lot of the time there are up and coming designers where the quality and the timelessness are mixed.

— Rachel Elspeth Gross, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2026

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