preservation
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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
A preservation group’s lawsuit challenging President Trump’s plans to overhaul the East Potomac Golf Links recently boiled over when the administration cut down more than 400 trees on short notice.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2026
Back then, it was 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
The agency has $5 million for tribal cultural resource preservation, and plans to launch a tribal advisory committee.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 19, 2026
And where are the men who supposedly understand the value of proper habitat for the preservation of wildlife?
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
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
Greek medicinal doctrines were assumed, such as preservations of the health of the body was dependent on air, food, drink, movement and repose, sleeping and waking, excretion and retention, and the passions.
From Our Legal Heritage by S. A. Reilly
Vocabulary lists containing preservation
The Mayflower Compact (1620)
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