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Recent Examples of steadfastly
Newsom has steadfastly rejected tax increases to deal with the deficit, unwilling, obviously, to become a pro-tax presidential candidate.
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Dan Walters, Mercury News, 7 Jan. 2026
The season began with Stefanski steadfastly saying veteran Joe Flacco was the starting quarterback despite Sanders and third-round pick Dillon Gabriel also on the roster.
—Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 6 Jan. 2026
Caneiro pleaded not guilty and has steadfastly maintained his innocence.
—Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 5 Jan. 2026
Mamdani has steadfastly refused to recognize Israel's right to exist as a Jewish state and no amount of cajoling by the head of the New York Board of Rabbis has changed his mind.
—Marcia Kramer, CBS News, 12 Dec. 2025
One rescues the other and demonstrates the better qualities of relationships as Berg steadfastly avoids sentimentality, preferring her characters to actually learn from their experiences and live their lives to the fullest.
—The Know, Denver Post, 7 Dec. 2025
Knives Out filmmaker Rian Johnson has steadfastly denied the wishes of scores of internet users asking for a Benoit Blanc mystery in which Daniel Craig’s character is surrounded by Muppets.
—Rick Porter, HollywoodReporter, 2 Dec. 2025
The Israelis remain steadfastly opposed to the creation of a Palestinian state.
—Arkansas Online, 19 Nov. 2025
The Israelis, meanwhile, remain steadfastly opposed to the creation of a Palestinian state.
—Aamer Madhani, Fortune, 18 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for steadfastly
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This article is being continuously updated.—
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Baguskas and her colleagues will deploy covariance towers — metallic structures that continuously measure carbon and water concentrations in the air — and use the data to compare fog events in different places at the same time.—
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Its rise mirrors broader shifts in drinking habits, as affordability, health awareness and generational changes push alcohol consumption — and sales — steadily downward.—
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Fair or not, the streamer is often blamed for the current state of the doc industry, characterized by steadily shrinking budgets and a dramatic, arguably terrifying, decline in distribution.—
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Venezuela may not be the sole source of cocaine, nor a major conduit for fentanyl, but dismantling a regime that actively protects and profits from transnational criminal networks unquestionably degrades those networks’ capacity to operate.—
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Students, patients, detainees and members of nine partner organizations actively took part in the work, empowering the city’s most fragile communities.—
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The vines climb to about 6 feet tall, growing vigorously even through summer heat.—
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Prevost asks the new Pope, and the two men, beaming, shake hands vigorously.—
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The Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression, an organization that frequently advocates for free speech on college campuses, has vehemently denounced the school’s decision to alter Peterson’s syllabus, claiming the university’s decision violates the First Amendment.—
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Uhlfelder vehemently disagreed, writing back that Kitchen and Mattox had been listed on all the court paperwork.—
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And sure enough, the book offers an unremittingly bleak narrative.—
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This was Sunderland’s big day and, unlike the unremittingly bleak goodbye to this level in 2016-17, there is early cause to believe a very different club can enjoy very different fortunes back in the Premier League.—
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The unrelentingly cheeky singer replied in a way that once again gave hope to all the fans who weren’t able to catch this year’s shows, or who just can’t wait to see the Britpop legends again.—
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But the unrelentingly positive energy, like the inflated compliment culture of Hollywood as a whole, begins to grate.—
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This office will zealously pursue justice to the fullest extent of the law to protect our vulnerable adults and their families from such an atrocity.—
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Al-Sistani’s patience during the early months of the occupation kept Iraqi Shia from zealously fighting the Americans.—
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“Steadfastly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/steadfastly. Accessed 20 Jan. 2026.
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