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The words, "Posterity! You will never know, how much it cost the present generation, to preserve your freedom!" refer to what?

preserve

[pri-zurv] / prɪˈzɜrv /


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By creating a level playing field at the federal level, the Protect College Sports Act will benefit student athletes and preserve the spirit of competition that defines collegiate sports.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 22, 2026

As refiners focused on jet-fuel runs in the spring, airlines announced capacity cuts, trimming their schedules to preserve fuel for their more profitable and popular routes.

From MarketWatch Sep. 22, 2026

That's why countries go to great lengths to protect and preserve them.

From BBC Sep. 22, 2026

That design makes the system easier to test while also helping preserve the material properties required by its deformable mirrors.

From Science Daily Sep. 21, 2026

At times, policies intended to preserve habitats have in turn hurt the local villagers.

From "Camp Panda" by Catherine Thimmesh

It preserves the merger rather than blocking consolidation, while relying on monitoring, production requirements and penalties to limit its consequences.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 21, 2026

Mr. Trump’s new agreement, negotiated both with the Danes and with the Greenlanders themselves, explicitly preserves U.S. military access even if Greenland eventually becomes independent.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 20, 2026

"Equal Earth preserves the relative surface areas of continents and, as much as possible, shows their shapes as they appear on a globe," one of the cartographers, Bojan Savric, told AFP in 2025.

From Barron's Sep. 4, 2026

This famous geological formation preserves fossils from near the end of the age of dinosaurs.

From Science Daily Aug. 14, 2026

Along with the classes for hogs and cattle and home preserves, a category for moths.

From "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" by Jacqueline Kelly

Grewal and his colleagues approached the problem by examining chemical clues preserved in iron meteorites from the outer Solar System.

From Science Daily Sep. 23, 2026

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

“SB 1392 establishes a carefully limited exemption for cars that are preserved, driven sparingly, and maintained as part of California’s automotive heritage.”

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 17, 2026

There is some beautiful wild country around our Tchimpounga Sanctuary, and the government has agreed that it can become a preserved area.

From "My Life with the Chimpanzees" by Jane Goodall

It means holding developers accountable for preventable harms while preserving their ability to innovate.

From MarketWatch Sep. 22, 2026

"For me they're an absolute treasure - like an Egyptian artefact... as valuable as that," he added - "and preserving them is a duty to our children and grandchildren".

From BBC Sep. 11, 2026

On its last earnings call, new Chief Financial Officer Hilary Maxson pledged “disciplined capital allocation, maintaining a strong balance sheet and preserving our investment grade credit rating.”

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 9, 2026

Rosales adores our pictures as much as we do, if not more, and “East of the River” confirms her boundless affection for the women whose likenesses and cultural contributions she’s devoted to preserving.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 9, 2026

With Love 8c Prayers, Your sister 8c Bro. in Law Barbara 8c Frederic 8c Family In preserving this letter, and including it in his collection of particular treasures, Perry was not moved by affection.

From "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote




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