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noun ADJ. strict | gentle | earlier, previous VERB + INSISTENCE abandon, drop The union has dropped its earlier insistence that workers should receive bonus payments. PREP. at/on sb's ~ At the insistence of his father, he bought himself a new suit. | ~ by insistence by the government that 25% of all household waste be recycled | ~ on/upon an insistence upon the highest standards of grammatical correctness
Oxford Collocations Dictionary