conserve
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High prices encourage consumers to conserve resources and seek alternatives, while for producers they motivate more investment to capture those extraordinary profits.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026
Chatham Historic Dockyard will conserve the masts, following a campaign for them to stay in Kent, as they technically remained property of the US government.
From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026
While the state is on track to meet its goal of conserving 30% of its land by 2030, it’s lagging in its efforts to conserve 30% of its coastal waters.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 19, 2026
The long-forgotten experiment at Tanjil Bren has taught us that there are options available for managing our forests beyond clearfelling that can contribute to the societal demand for wood, maintain carbon stocks, and conserve biodiversity.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 4, 2026
George felt it too, shuddering and folding in on himself to conserve heat.
From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz
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But his enduring legacy is the Endangered Species Act, which protects species designated as endangered or threatened and conserves the ecosystems on which they depend.
From Seattle Times ● May 8, 2024
The harbour is leased from East Lothian Council and managed by the volunteer-run North Berwick Harbour Trust charity, which maintains and conserves the site.
From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2023
The use of plastic in agriculture undeniably conserves important resources.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 25, 2023
In contrast, reducing waste generation conserves natural resources and avoids other negative environmental impacts throughout a product's life.
From Salon ● Jul. 25, 2023
We often dip into it, and the tough ham sausages, the tins of liver sausages, the conserves, the boxes of cigarettes rejoice our hearts.
From "All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel" by Erich Maria Remarque
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This comes as Pentagon officials worry that the regime has conserved some of its most sophisticated missiles and could improve its attacks in the next round of fighting.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 31, 2026
Finding similar effects in both fruit flies and mice suggests that DEAF1 participates in an evolutionarily conserved system, meaning the underlying biological function has been maintained across species over long periods of evolution.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 16, 2026
Divers from the expedition brought the pots up to the surface, where they are now being carefully conserved after so many thousands of years underwater.
From BBC ● Oct. 14, 2026
The state is responsible for about 10% of conserved land, with nonprofits, local governments, tribes and other entities making up the rest.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 29, 2026
And if he’s conserved his energy, like that eagle might conserve for a hunt, this is the time to let it fly.
From "A Bird Will Soar" by Alison Green Myers
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It set 23 targets for halting and reversing nature loss by 2030, including reducing pollution, protecting threatened species and conserving 30 percent of the world's land and oceans.
From Barron's ● Oct. 12, 2026
The state added more than 1 million acres this last year toward its goal of conserving 30% of it land by 2030.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026
From an evolutionary perspective, conserving energy during periods of intense physical activity probably protected our ancestors from starvation.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 22, 2026
Neither study questions the value of protected areas for conserving biodiversity.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 9, 2026
To steady the boys, Moch began to chant their newest rowing mantra in time with the stroke—“Save, Save, Save”—reminding them that this was all about conserving power.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
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