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staying power

noun

  1. ability or strength to last or endure; endurance; stamina.


staying power

noun

  1. endurance; stamina


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Word History and Origins

Origin of staying power1

First recorded in 1855–60

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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]

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Example Sentences

But the idea that the United States must maintain its hegemonic status in a unipolar world—on the right, that has staying power.

His staying power is a testament to the poptimist adage that if someone likes something, it must have some merit.

Thanks in large part to his skill and imagination, Potter has had much more staying power than his peers.

Nor is it clear that the Assad regime is in a position to be confident of its staying power.

As the park protest grew, regular Turks like the schoolteacher filled out its ranks, giving the movement rare staying power.

I suppose there never has been a war in which one has required such staying power, excepting perhaps the Crimean expedition.

He was not the sort of man to die from want of staying power, which, after all, is the cause of more deaths than we dream of.

"But you must concoct something with more staying power," he went on.

He'd bought her and she'd developed a spirit like wet cotton wool, no pace, no staying power.

He certainly never could grow tired of her, and her looks were of the sort that had staying power.

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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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