preservation
Example Sentences
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Musk spent three days on the stand portraying himself as a selfless benefactor seeking to reconcile the advancement of AI with the preservation of humanity.
From Barron's • May 14, 2026
Recent decades have proved something of a golden age for the preservation and rediscovery of silent film.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 11, 2026
During his lifetime, he amassed two million acres of land across nine states, most of which he maintained for ecological preservation, including resurrecting bison populations from the brink of extinction.
From Salon • May 8, 2026
"We don't often find skeletons with the head and body still attached, and the soft tissue preservation is an even rarer occurrence."
From Science Daily • May 6, 2026
This idea has been strong enough to launch the new movements for the sustenance of wilderness, the protection of wildlife, the turning off of insatiable technologies, the preservation of “whole earth.”
From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas
Vocabulary lists containing preservation
The Mayflower Compact (1620)
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Human Geography - Middle School
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Human Geography - High School
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