noun
ADJECTIVE
▪ dogged , dogmatic , stubborn
▪ constant , continued , repeated
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their repeated ~ that the trial be held in a US court
▪ earlier
VERB + INSISTENCE
▪ abandon , drop
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The union has dropped its earlier ~ that workers should receive bonus payments.
PREPOSITION
▪ at sb's ~ , on sb's ~
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At the ~ of his father, he bought himself a new suit.
▪ ~ by
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the ~ by the government that 25% of all household waste be recycled
▪ ~ on , ~ upon
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an ~ upon the highest standards of grammatical correctness