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Definition of "staying power" []

  • The ability to endure or last. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "staying power" in a sentence
  • "Mr. J.nes, in his association with the brilliant editor, Henry J. Raymond, had been a progressive and staying power of the financial side of this great journal."
  • "In the United States, early weeks of a theatrical run will call for an after-overhead formula of some 90% of box office gross returned to the distributor, while later weeks, if the picture has staying power “legs”, will find the exhibitor receiving a growing share of revenue as the product ages."
  • "So she wasnt that confident in Eastons staying power after all."
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