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staying power
noun
- ability or strength to last or endure; endurance; stamina.
staying power
noun
- endurance; stamina
Word History and Origins
Origin of staying power1
Idioms and Phrases
The ability to endure or last, as in I'm not sure that this young novelist will have staying power , or Our candidate definitely has staying power . This expression comes from racing, where it means “the strength to maintain speed through a race.” [Second half of 1800s]Example Sentences
While the president-elect was criticized for treating economic relief born of an act of Congress as a personal payment to Americans, his signature’s presence on the checks had staying power.
One of the reasons these authors have such staying power may be the way the market was shaped in 1996.
The coming days and weeks will test the staying power of both sides.
I was taken aback, naturally, but when I had my wits about me again, I thought, oh wow, this film has some traction, some real staying power.”
How Hezbollah manages reconstruction will determine its staying power, analysts say.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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