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Examples of constancy in a Sentence
the constancy of the Earth's rotation
the mistaken notion that there is constancy in language—words do indeed change their meanings over time
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With this new distance dependence from quantum loops lodged within the coupling constant, these quantities lost their constancy.
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Stanley J. Brodsky, Scientific American, 16 Apr. 2024
To a stunning degree, the Trump administration has diminished the sense of U.S. constancy that has been indispensable to the postwar liberal order.
—Eliot A. Cohen, Foreign Affairs, 11 Dec. 2018
The problem was the seeming inevitability of the juggernaut, the constancy of its forward motion, and the inefficacy of mere individuals in the face of such odds.
—Christopher Ketcham, Harper's Magazine, 1 Nov. 2023
Sign up The point is not to lionize Haley, whose timidity in the face of Trump has made a weather vane seem like a model of principled constancy.
—Walter Shapiro, The New Republic, 31 Aug. 2023
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Stanley J. Brodsky, Scientific American, 16 Apr. 2024
To a stunning degree, the Trump administration has diminished the sense of U.S. constancy that has been indispensable to the postwar liberal order.
—Eliot A. Cohen, Foreign Affairs, 11 Dec. 2018
The problem was the seeming inevitability of the juggernaut, the constancy of its forward motion, and the inefficacy of mere individuals in the face of such odds.
—Christopher Ketcham, Harper's Magazine, 1 Nov. 2023
Sign up The point is not to lionize Haley, whose timidity in the face of Trump has made a weather vane seem like a model of principled constancy.
—Walter Shapiro, The New Republic, 31 Aug. 2023
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“Constancy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/constancy. Accessed 7 Jul. 2024.
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constancy
noun
con·stan·cy
ˈkän(t)-stən-sē 
plural constancies
1
: firmness and loyalty in one's beliefs or personal relationships
2
: freedom from change
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