preservation
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She drove to a David’s Bridal in Chico with a friend to buy a wedding dress preservation kit, which involved packaging up the dress and shipping it off to be cleaned.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 5, 2026
Back then, it was also often about critiquing Black art for Black art’s sake and its possibilities, when today critical discussions seem to urgently hinge on Black art for the sake of its preservation.
From Salon ● Oct. 19, 2026
Denise feels the same pull between preservation and possession.
From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026
The researchers say future studies should examine fossil deposits from a wider range of locations, environments, and preservation conditions in the search for evidence of early animals.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 7, 2026
Also crossing right now: a Desert Storm vet running for immigrant rights and a college student raising funds for National Parks preservation.
From "A Heart in a Body in the World" by Deb Caletti
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The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the discussions, also said it is important for civilian preservations to be spared, in line with international humanitarian law.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 14, 2023
The controversial, billion-dollar project pits a diverse group of activists, preservations, and local residents against Koike, the metropolitan government, and real estate developer Mitsui Fudosan.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 28, 2023
The huia vanished before field-recording technologies existed, but a version of its song has survived by means of an eerie series of preservations: a sound fossil.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 1, 2016
Urban critics describe the flagpole as proof of state mismanagement of everything from preservations of historic treasures to maintenance of basic infrastructure.
From Reuters ● Feb. 8, 2015
Therefore I am bound in Honour as well as good nature to endeavour your preservations, to which purpose I have enclosed the Articles which the Windward Regiment have accepted.
From Caribbee by Thomas Hoover
Vocabulary lists containing preservation
The Mayflower Compact (1620)
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