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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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The challenge was to preserve this personal undertow in consumer items made for a mass market.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 7, 2026

Police responded to “maintain public safety, preserve access to emergency medical services, and keep the peace,” the spokesperson said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 7, 2026

Bassin argues that congressional investigators must do more than expose corruption: They should preserve the evidence a future attorney general would need to recoup taxpayers’ money.

From Slate ● Nov. 7, 2026

“More generous packages can help preserve employee trust and protect the company’s reputation among future candidates,” Chan said.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 6, 2026

She remembered staring at trees out the window of the SUV on the way to the preserve with her parents.

From "Fablehaven" by Brandon Mull

The result could be one of the most enduring examples of how the nervous system preserves its evolutionary history.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 4, 2026

“This is an institution that preserves greatness,” Anderson said of the honor.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026

I love to hike in nature preserves, but don’t want them as my next-door neighbors.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026

Your prenup preserves your financial independence, but it doesn’t deal with your emotional codependence — that takes work on both your parts.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 28, 2026

The air was sweet with the aroma of boiling jellies and preserves and the laughter of the women.

From "Bless Me, Ultima" by Rudolfo Anaya

The strongest evidence came from the preserved human hair.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 8, 2026

Scientists have discovered remarkably preserved traces of dinosaur blood inside 115-million-year-old bones, revealing that delicate biological molecules can survive far longer than previously believed.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 6, 2026

It’s one of the city’s most traditional dishes: meat slowly cooked for hours in a clay urn with preserved lemon, garlic and spices, traditionally using the heat from a hammam furnace.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 5, 2026

"Our proposal also ensures a substantial part of the site is preserved for new public open space, green links, retained habitat, and the long-term enhancement of key woodland corridors."

From BBC ● Nov. 5, 2026

The town preserved the nearly 90-foot-tall tree by creating an exact replica with a steel structure.

From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland

“There is a tension between higher security and defense spending, putting the public debt ratio on a declining path, and preserving growth-enhancing policies,” said Liam Peach, senior emerging markets economist at Capital Economics.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026

Its role "is built on a simple principle - preserving life," Detective Superintendent Andrew Evans said.

From BBC ● Nov. 1, 2026

The U.S. will have to figure out the balance between preserving its tech lead and doing business with China, which in turn drives profits to companies that are essential to fund innovation, Lee said.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 31, 2026

Sometimes it was about preserving wildlands and habitat.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2026

The passive voice is just one of the gadgets that the English language makes available to rearrange phrases while preserving their semantic roles.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker


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