preserved
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But on some occasions, he said, he had been told that records run by homes of different religious orders were "destroyed in floods, fires... only for it later to transpire that they have been preserved".
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026
“Scientific American” cautioned in 1939 that “as much water as possible must be preserved to replenish ground water storage.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026
"Our findings suggest that cognitive health depends not only on how much gray matter is preserved, but also on the condition of the wiring that connects it."
From Science Daily ● Sep. 14, 2026
Instead of working with a nearly complete fossil skeleton, the team had to reconstruct the story from small fragments preserved inside one coprolite.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 11, 2026
Remaining old-growth trees as well as the devastated area were preserved.
From "Mountain of Fire" by Rebecca E. F. Barone
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