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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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If the decorated Tampa Bay vessels had been imported or produced by potters trained in Mississippian methods, the fragments should preserve evidence of these techniques.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 6, 2026

“It allows the actors to feel things out in order to perfect the timing and preserve energy for the show,” says Jennens, who is on her first national tour with the production.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026

A stairlift can help preserve your independence, but it’s only one part of the solution.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 5, 2026

Among them remain hundreds of photos as well as videos of that dreadful day, a way for him to preserve evidence.

From Barron's ● Oct. 5, 2026

Like a good huntsman, she was careful to preserve the young; she was “the protectress of dewy youth” everywhere.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton

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

When that much is going out, it feels especially good to do something small that preserves a little energy for me.

From Salon ● Sep. 22, 2026

It preserves the merger rather than blocking consolidation, while relying on monitoring, production requirements and penalties to limit its consequences.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 21, 2026

The fossil belongs to Dendrocrinus simcoensis and preserves its tube feet, delicate structures that almost never survive fossilization.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 21, 2026

So we were going to make peach preserves.

From "It All Comes Down to This" by Karen English

Lecornu has said the draft law, first presented before the protests, would allow these sums to be "taken from family allowances and housing benefits, while ensuring a minimum income is preserved".

From Barron's ● Oct. 5, 2026

"From the satellite images, we've seen that nature sites which should be preserved have also been logged," she added, explaining that the size of the clear-cut area was comparable to 420 football fields.

From Barron's ● Oct. 4, 2026

It is one of only a handful of former lines to be preserved following rail closures in the 1960s.

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026

But surely the building’s talented design team could have developed a security plan that better preserved the plaza’s open arms?

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

It is still in the room, I feel it at once, the walls have preserved it.

From "All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel" by Erich Maria Remarque

And while the future location of Punk Rock Bowling remains unsettled, Stern made clear that preserving the community that grew around it remains central to whatever comes next.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026

Officials said they hope to balance the need to make cuts with preserving quality programs.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026

It is about preserving function, confidence and your quality of life for as long as possible.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 2, 2026

“It’s the action of taking the picture that helps you feel like you’re preserving that memory,” she said.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 29, 2026

Such was the skill of the Chinchorro at preserving human flesh that scientists have been able to extract intact DNA from cadavers thousands of years older than the Egyptian pyramids.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann




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