persisted

It seems what has persisted is not the material substance but rather the form or "software".

A Conundrum 2008

When the pain persisted Friday, Bosh sat down to avoid further injury.

USATODAY.com 2007

The name persisted in human memory in our part of the world albeit with a slight modification while in the west it was confined only to cuneiform tablets.

Archive 2008-01-01 Jan 2008

I again persisted in asking just what hour I might expect to be honored with the tickets, I was sneeringly told, a media dia, at noon.

It's about (Mexican) time! 2004

I again persisted in asking just what hour I might expect to be honored with the tickets, I was sneeringly told, a media dia, at noon.

It's about (Mexican) time! 2004

This characteristic has persisted from the beginning of my life.

Ahmed Zewail - Autobiography 2000

The name persisted through the rule of the National Party.

ANC Daily News Briefing 1997

The name persisted, however, and it was formally adopted by general acclamation at a celebration held on the fourth of July, 1825, when some three hundred persons sat down to a dinner at Rumsey's coffee-house.

The University of Michigan Wilfred Shaw

For how else, in all reason, has the name persisted?

Friendship Village Zona Gale 1906

The terms persisted in by Russia appear to be very severe; but I apprehend Sweden will be obliged to make the most of them, from the slender means she has of defending herself during the winter months, when the country will be exposed to danger of an invasion.

Memoirs and Correspondence of Admiral Lord de Saumarez. Vol II John Ross 1816