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Grit: meaning and example

noun · In the sense illustrated below

Determination to keep going through difficulty.

Example sentence

“Her grit showed in the patient work of starting again.”

An illustrative sentence written for Ikigain.

This example illustrates a positive sense or context. The same word can have other meanings; choose it for what you actually want to say.

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