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persist verb abide, be determined, be obstinate, be resolute, be steadfast, be steady, be tenacious, be unyielddng, bide, carry on, cling to, continue, drag on, endure, go forward, go on, hold fast, hold on, hold out, insist, keep at, keep on, last, linger, live on, maintain, make headway, never cease, outlast, perdure, persevere, persistere, plod, plug away, prevail, progress, pursue relenttessly, refuse to give up, remain, remain unchanged, stay, stick to, survive, sustain, take no denial, toil unceasingly, work unceasingly, work unflaggingly See also: continue, endure, exist, hold out, insist, keep, last, maintain, persevere, prosecute, pursue, recur, remain, repeat, resist, stay, subsist, withstand How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Rather, a few persisters survive and are preserved by the presence of an antimicrobial drug that slows their growth, paradoxically helping persisters to persevere and resist being killed. Undergraduate completion and persistence at four-year colleges and universities: Completers, persisters, stopouts, and dropouts. Hypothesis 3: There are differences between persisters and switchers in self-efficacy, academic achievement, socioeconomic status, and parental expectation. |
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