25,000 people die every day due to starvation.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:

Permanence \Per"ma*nence\, Permanency \Per"ma*nen*cy\, noun [Cf. F. permanence.] The quality or state of being permanent; continuance in the same state or place; duration; fixedness; as, the permanence of institutions; the permanence of nature.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

permanency

noun: the property of being able to exist for an indefinite duration [syn: {permanence}] [ant: {impermanence}]
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