preserve
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I also want to preserve the opportunity to leave a meaningful legacy for my two sons.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 4, 2026
A fertile area of Egypt on the edge of the desert, Fayum's arid climate helped preserve the delicate painted wood, textiles and papyrus on display in the exhibition.
From Barron's ● Nov. 3, 2026
These ancient objects may therefore preserve important information about the environments in which they first took shape.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 2, 2026
Alan Shearer knows that if he wants to preserve his record as the Premier League's all-time record goalscorer, it would be helpful if Erling Haaland moved away from the English top flight.
From BBC ● Oct. 31, 2026
The Hamiltonian story required a distortion in the sequence of the exchange in order to preserve Hamilton’s posthumous reputation.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
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“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
The fossil is nearly complete and preserves not only most of the animal's skeleton, but also large portions of its digestive system.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 29, 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
“There has been a worldwide network of dedicated people keeping the preserves secret for thousands of years,” Grandpa said.
From "Fablehaven" by Brandon Mull
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"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
To give the species a fighting chance, genetic researchers have cloned ferrets from preserved tissue samples to introduce fresh genetic diversity into captive populations.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 4, 2026
To investigate what happened, the researchers turned to an unexpected source of evidence: frogs preserved in museum collections decades earlier.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 3, 2026
After each chance capture the fish were preserved, then largely forgotten.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 30, 2026
Anderson and Witzke no longer had the crater that killed the dinosaurs, "but we still had the largest and most perfectly preserved impact crater in the mainland United States," Anderson said.
From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson
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Replacing the three original devices together was necessary to reduce electricity consumption while preserving the proper distribution of heat throughout Voyager 1.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 3, 2026
Currently, they wrote, they are focused on preserving their capital and being ready to strike if the market runs into turmoil.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 2, 2026
Picard, the actor’s greatest TV legacy, is a paragon of grace: empathetic, dedicated to a mission of understanding and devoted to preserving what is best about Starfleet.
From Salon ● Oct. 30, 2026
How should we think about the trade-offs between spending more now, preserving financial flexibility for the future and leaving a charitable legacy?
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 29, 2026
Unlike in classical Athens, however, the power of the city’s civil servants was entirely circumscribed by the king’s, preserving only the outward form, not the substance, of self-government.
From "Circumference" by Nicholas Nicastro
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