Definition of "perseveres" [perseveres]

• Third-person singular simple present indicative form of persevere. (verb)

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• "I blame cocaine which I’m pretty certain perseveres in the current hipster “movement” (I have nothing official to back that last claim)."
• "As most schoolchildren know, this song was written by Francis Scott Key, whose name perseveres mostly on the uniforms of the Frederick Keys, a minor league baseball team in Maryland whose fans, during the seventh-inning stretch, in a timeless ritual of respect for American history, in unison jingle their car keys."
• "At a time when the record industry's collapse has forced those labels still in business to take fewer risks, this small North Side label perseveres in issuing albums that might otherwise never be heard."