conserve

Example Sentences

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Fuel rationing has shortened queues, but on Thursday, the government began limiting water supply hours to conserve reserves and save pumping costs.

From Barron's • Apr. 4, 2026

"But we have to preserve and conserve murals. They are important in Los Angeles."

From BBC • Mar. 30, 2026

The countries that are party to the CMS are legally obliged to protect species listed as at risk of extinction, conserve and restore their habitats, prevent obstacles to migration and cooperate with other range states.

From Barron's • Mar. 29, 2026

Faced with the challenges posed by Iranian missiles, Israel has three options to conserve interceptor stocks, Jean-Loup Samaan, a senior researcher at the Middle East Institute of the National University of Singapore, told AFP.

From Barron's • Mar. 28, 2026

He went directly to his mother’s bedroom, where Aureliano had boiled mercury for four months in his grandfather's grandfather’s water pipe to conserve the body according to Melquíades’ formula.

From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez