I have an abiding interest in animal welfare—it's not just a phase I'm going through.
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Yet whatever the circumstances, the characters who populate her songs have an abiding and unshakable likability.—New York Times, 28 Apr. 2026 Though only married for a few years, their partnership feels seasoned, fortified by faith, ambition and an abiding sense of gratitude.—Partner Content, Variety, 17 Dec. 2025 And civilians on both sides, despite a deep and abiding mistrust between the Catholic and Protestant communities, had also had enough.—Ned Temko, Christian Science Monitor, 2 Oct. 2025 This year’s Wimbledon, however, reawakened me to the abiding, fundamental connection between writers and tennis players.—Thomas Swick
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Etymology
Middle English abydynge, from present participle of abiden "to abide"