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preservation

[prez-er-vey-shuhn] / ˌprɛz ərˈveɪ ʃən /


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“I was looking at a historic preservation report, and the name was the same as my mechanic in Los Feliz,” Garrett-Davis said.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026

"Thanks to its excellent preservation and the extensive investigations, however, we were able to describe it in greater detail than ever before and gain new information about the species and its relationships."

From Science Daily • Jun. 4, 2026

Lisa Minto, an assistant vice president at Sterling Asset Management, advises capital preservation in your 70s.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 2, 2026

Austin has long attempted to thread the needle on development with neighborhood and environmental preservation.

From Barron's • May 31, 2026

It would be a better world if this were not true, but the fact is that diseases do not develop just because of carelessness about the preservation of health.

From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas




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