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- noun Common misspelling of
insistence .
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Examples
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The next day they all came, just as we had dined, for a morning visit, -- M.dame de Stael, M. Talleyrand, M. Sicard, and M. d'Arblay; the latter then made "insistance" upon commencing my
The Diary and Letters of Madame D'Arblay — Volume 3 Fanny Burney 1796
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Did anyone catch their insistance on bi-part as they launched their health care bills?
Republicans raising cash to counter-program ABC Obama special 2009
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My time as a Green Party person I found notabel for the insistance by half the membership that they just wanted to help Greenpeace ..
The murky politics of the Green Party Norfolk Blogger 2009
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The insistance on a far-right ideology created a vacuum that Gillibrand, Maffei, and other new Democratic leaders just walked into and will be impossible to get off for at least a generation.
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Constant insistance that we refer to the general public as ‘communities’.
“Ruralshire Constabulary to get TASER on the front line” « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2009
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This entire missing in action saga is an indictment of the conservatives insistance that "no governing is best governing."
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An increase in the amount of rules and insistance upon the inviolate nature of those rules, actually impedes rather than facilitates the development of the very social skills needed to develop and run satisfying games~ for players and adjudicators alike.
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Dilan, the problem with your insistance on this matter is that the policy questions of interest are why a host of negative social indicators occur at a higher level among blacks than the rest of the population.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Be Careful. Trust No-One. Shut Up. 2010
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I'm all for medical healthcare reform, and I support the Democrats insistance on some form of government options, specifically one which operates like an HMO.
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A political hack finally admitting that the democratic parties insistance on our continuing dependance on foriegn oil actually may have been a cause of the “economic downturn”
Steven Chu Eases Up on the Gas Price Pedal - The Caucus Blog - NYTimes.com 2009
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