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tenacity::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | doggedness, perseverance, persistence, persistency, pertinacity, tenaciousness |
| Type of | determination, purpose |
| Derivation | tenacious |
Examples of tenacity
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Whether it's for justice or love, Bentley is searching with staggering tenacity.
From the washingtonpost.com
People start questioning your ambition and your tenacity and what you are about.
From the theargus.co.uk
He needs to bring the same tenacity and commitment to those as he has the Kings.
From the sacbee.com
I have seen for myself the tenacity, strength and courage of the Haitian people.
From the guardian.co.uk
Prairie View never sufficiently found a way to counter Jackson State's tenacity.
From the chron.com
Kennedy's tenacity has enraged the Carter camp, which fears a fatal party split.
From the time.com
Somehow Mr. Nixon has got his own tenacity confused with the good of the nation.
From the time.com
Hair is used in plaster as a binding medium, and gives tenacity to the material.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Bill Hannegan, a leading critic of smoking bans, acknowledged Lindsey's tenacity.
From the stltoday.com
- Doggedness: persistent determination
- (tenacious) retentive: good at remembering; "a retentive mind"; "tenacious memory"
- (tenacious) dogged: stubbornly unyielding; "dogged persistence"; "dour determination"; "the most vocal and pertinacious of all the critics"; "a mind not gifted to discover truth but tenacious to hold it"- T.S.Eliot; "men tenacious of opinion"
- (tenacious) coherent: sticking together; "two coherent sheets"; "tenacious burrs"
- Tenacity is the customary measure of strength of a fiber or yarn. In the U.S. it is usually defined as the ultimate (breaking) strength of the fiber (in gram-force units) divided by the denier.
- Tenacity is a mineral's physical reaction to stressful forces acting upon it. These forces may include, but are not limited to: breaking, tearing, crushing, or bending.
- (Tenacious (horse)) Tenacious (1954-1967) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse who was one of the most popular ever to compete in New Orleans, Louisiana. ...
- (Tenacious (ship)) The SV Tenacious is a British wooden ship and is specially designed to accommodate the disabled. It is 65 metres (213.25 feet) long, including bowsprit. Its deck is 49.85 metres long, its hull is 54.02 metres long, and it has a beam of 10.6 metres at its widest point. ...
- (tenacious) clinging to an object or surface; adhesive; unwilling to yield or give up; dogged; holding together; cohesive; having a good memory; retentive
