- present participle of maintain.
maintaining
Example Sentences
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According to the researchers, the AI models had trouble maintaining the instruction to identify ink colors.
From Science Daily • Jun. 10, 2026
It is primarily tasked with repairing and fortifying the city’s more than 210,000 streetlamps — a frequent target of copper wire thieves — and maintaining its network of electrical vehicle charging stations.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026
"Scotland already has the lowest pupil-teacher ratio and smallest class sizes anywhere in the UK, and ministers are committed to at least maintaining this ratio over the lifetime of this parliament."
From BBC • Jun. 8, 2026
BofA Securities followed suit Monday, maintaining a Buy rating and raising its price target to $2,100 from $1,550.
From Barron's • Jun. 8, 2026
I had that agenda I’d been assiduously maintaining since freshman year of college, stemming from the neat line of boxes I was meant to check.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
