conserve
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Soldiers flew drones during limited windows and for half the maximum flight time to conserve battery and avoid losing them, and without full autonomy or any AI to assist.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2026
The projects would have helped conserve the imperiled spiky succulents that draw millions of visitors to Joshua Tree each year and play a key role as a linchpin of the Mojave Desert ecosystem.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026
Now, a new £1m scheme is aiming to restore and conserve more than 4,000 acres of habitats at Eryri, also known as Snowdonia.
From BBC ● Sep. 10, 2026
The waterway is set to reduce daily traffic from 36 to 32 ships a day in an effort to conserve water amid a severe drought likely to last until mid-2027.
From Barron's ● Sep. 3, 2026
“Exactly. The best way to conserve water right now is to hold onto the water your body already has.”
From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman
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He scans the pitch before receiving possession, waits patiently for the right opportunity and conserves energy until the moment arrives.
From BBC ● Jul. 4, 2026
"Once you get it moving, it isn't hard at all - people are pulling with one arm. It conserves energy, and it moves really quickly," said Lipo.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 8, 2025
Conversely, some people end up sleeping for long stretches when they have COVID, Al-Aly said, as the body conserves energy while it fights off the infection.
From Seattle Times ● 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
The program reduces pollution and conserves natural resources.
From "We Are the Ants" by Shaun David Hutchinson
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As of June, California had conserved 27.1% of its land and 21.9% of its coastal waters, officials said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 29, 2026
The team found that caffeine appears to affect aging by tapping into a deeply conserved energy sensing system.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 9, 2026
After major credit-ratings firms downgraded Whirlpool’s debt to junk status, it raised money by selling new shares, and conserved money by suspending the dividend it had paid for 70 years.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026
If properly conserved, they can last for hundreds of years.
From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026
Pecola still held her stomach muscles taut and conserved her breath.
From "The Bluest Eye" by Toni Morrison
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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
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
"Despite Australia being one of the wealthiest countries per capita in the world and having more than its fair share of world-leading scientists… we have a truly awful record of conserving species," Ritchie says.
From BBC ● Aug. 8, 2026
He is conserving his energy, none of this flying around looking for food and wasting effort.
From "My Side of the Mountain" by Jean Craighead George
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