here to stay

Idioms

Permanent or established, as in I'm afraid the uncertainty about energy costs is here to stay. [First half of 1900s]

Example Sentences

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“Is this kind of a blip, or do we have higher disruption risk here to stay?” he said.

From The Wall Street Journal

The “low-fire, low-hire” labor market appears here to stay — at least in 2026.

From MarketWatch

Most analysts think that e-bike and e-scooter schemes are here to stay - and local skirmishes over how they are parked may simply become a fact of life.

From BBC

Some companies could decide that a floor on tariffs is here to stay and move forward with decisions like raising prices to transfer more of the tariff burden to consumers.

From The Wall Street Journal

Nonetheless, “Higher tariff rates from the U.S. are here to stay.”

From The Wall Street Journal

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