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How to pronounce “stubborn”
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Pronunciation guide for stubborn
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of stubborn with real speech in context.
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- 8 YouTube examples
- Real speech example
- John Doerr and Ryan Panchadsaram: An action plan for solving the climate crisis
That stubborn, residual effects of emissions that cannot be eliminated.
- Definition summary
- Refusing to move or to change one's opinion; obstinate; firmly resisting; persistent in doing something.
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How to pronounce stubborn
John Doerr and Ryan Panchadsaram: An action plan for solving the climate crisis

That stubborn, residual effects of emissions that cannot be eliminated.
Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “stubborn”
Meaning
- [Adjective]
- Refusing to move or to change one's opinion; obstinate; firmly resisting; persistent in doing something.
- Of materials: physically stiff and inflexible; not easily melted or worked.
- [Noun]
- (informal) Stubbornness.
- Ellipsis of stubborn disease (“a disease of citrus trees”).
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