to block the ablility to hide it, you can use that :
const WIDGET_TO_SHOW = "example_dashboard_widget";
add_filter("get_user_option_metaboxhidden_dashboard", function ($result, $option, $user) {
$result = array_diff($result, [WIDGET_TO_SHOW]);
return $result;
}, 10, 3);
this is just server side. to be more clear for the user, you can use JavaScript to hide the checkbox in “screen options”.
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