ever-present

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Definitions & Usage

adjective
#1

Always present; always there

Example: She arrived a bit late, her ever-present briefcase in tow.
noun
#2

(British, sports) An athlete who is present in every contest.

Notable Literary & Historical Quotes

His days were spent at his linotype, where he refreshed himself occasionally from an ever-present gallon jug of cherry wine.

1960 July 11, Harper Lee, chapter 15, in To Kill a Mockingbird, Philadelphia, Pa.; New York, N.Y.: J[oshua] B[allinger] Lippincott Company, →OCLC:

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