maintain
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Evolutionary biology explains this contrast through a basic principle: energy is limited, and species must divide it between reproduction and maintaining their bodies.
From Science Daily
He has denied involvement in the criminal probe, which he said had nothing to do with interest rates, while maintaining he has a right to express his views.
From BBC
Last year, the company fetched interest from pharmaceutical companies, but instead raised a $150 million Series D financing so it could maintain full ownership of its drug pipeline, said founder and Chief Executive Viswa Colluru.
Sinner always maintained the product entered his system unintentionally through a massage from his physiotherapist, who had used a spray containing it to treat a cut.
From Barron's
On Monday, the company reported that a “large majority” of the participants taking MariTide for a second year in a Phase 2 study were able to maintain the weight loss achieved in the first year.
From Barron's
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