preservation
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It had been 17 years since Sue Webber-Brown had seen her late daughter’s wedding dress after it was misplaced by a wedding dress preservation company.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 5, 2026
A 2026 review of clinical trials found that combining lifestyle changes with resistance training produced a more favorable pattern of lean mass preservation than weight-loss interventions without such exercise.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 24, 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
Mentor is one of a growing number of athletes to consider fertility preservation during their careers, but the practice remains the subject of debate and experts stress it offers no guarantee of a future pregnancy.
From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026
It would be a better world if this were not true, but the fact is that diseases do not develop just because of carelessness about the preservation of health.
From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas
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
That was also our support in our hardships in the army, and it is the best support, indeed it is, and you found it so in the very great preservations you have had from dangers.
From A Journal of the Swedish Embassy in the Years 1653 and 1654, Vol II. by Charles Morton
Vocabulary lists containing preservation
The Mayflower Compact (1620)
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Human Geography - Middle School
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