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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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He described the need “to preserve the things that we love so much about California, and also to alleviate some of the pressures that we’re feeling on housing costs.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 8, 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

If so, the system could preserve evidence of multiple destroyed worlds.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 6, 2026

They’re a flagship species too, meaning saving them helps preserve other wildlife in the prairie ecosystem.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 4, 2026

At the same time, the painting might make her long for the enchanted world of the preserve.

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

“Deferral preserves financing flexibility, although schedule slippage, capital escalation and higher operating costs erode net present value,” Jefferies says.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 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

Reentering the pantry, he removed a large jar of boysenberry preserves, pulling another jar forward from the second row to disguise the absence.

From "Fablehaven" by Brandon Mull

The researchers also analyzed human hair preserved in the tomb's central burial chamber.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 8, 2026

The strongest evidence came from the preserved human hair.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 8, 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

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

The practice had preserved peace for two hundred years.

From "Ella Enchanted" by Gail Carson Levine

“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

Here, the ancilla acts as an intermediary, allowing researchers to obtain information while preserving the original qubit as much as possible.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 5, 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

She wipes her memory instantly and with purpose; it’s a way of preserving herself.

From "The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother" by James McBride


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