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n. - Resoluteness by virtue of being unyielding and inflexible.

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  • Watty Watson, the party's spokesman on local government, said in a statement Shiceka's adamance "makes a farce of transparency".
  • Her adamance came not from any contempt for nurses -- her mother had sent three kids to college and helped countless people in Grand Forks, North Dakota, as an RN.
  • Doug told him that it was all right if he watched TV downstairs or made himself food in the kitchen, but Billy declared with an adamance that surprised them both that he...
  • With adamance, they won the argument the argument between Democrats who feared that discussing the reality of machine fraud would discourage Democratic vote and those...
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