maintain
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While AI can sometimes mimic human behavior, its ability to maintain attention appears to operate very differently from the way people do.
From Science Daily • Jun. 10, 2026
Both Mills and Saxbe stress that men should be paying attention to symptoms of low testosterone — such as depression and low libido — rather than trying to reach or maintain an ideal number.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026
Both CNN and NBC News projected Hilton, a former British political strategist and Fox News commentator, had enough votes to maintain his lead from third-place candidate Tom Steyer, a billionaire hedge manager.
From Barron's • Jun. 10, 2026
President Trump has held off on approving the package as he presses his administration to maintain a conciliatory tone toward Beijing.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026
The human genome contains about between twenty-one and twenty-three thousand genes that provide the master instructions to build, repair, and maintain humans.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
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