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[ adjective ] existing for a long time

Examples

"hopes for a durable peace" "a long-lasting friendship"

Used in print

(Helen Hooven Santmyer, "There Were Fences"...)

These my grandmother left in their places ( they are still there , more persistent and longer-lived than the generations of man ) and planted others like them , that flourished without careful tending .

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