preserve
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People taking these drugs typically eat less, and are often encouraged to make sure they get enough protein while losing weight to help preserve muscle.
From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026
She credited Measure ULA for “turning the will of Los Angeles voters into concrete solutions that build and preserve affordable housing.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 23, 2026
If you want to preserve the homely, mom-and-pop feeling of picking out your own merchandise and contemplating the value of a dollar before you enter your credit card info, Amazon is there for you.
From Slate ● Sep. 23, 2026
Investigating everything further — following Alice down the rabbit hole and fighting alongside her to preserve what makes us human — might be laborious at times, sure.
From Salon ● Sep. 23, 2026
“Your preserve, is it? I object to your claims of ownership.”
From "Fablehaven" by Brandon Mull
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Danish officials have described the deal differently, stressing it preserves Denmark’s sovereignty and Greenlanders’ right to self-determination.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 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
It also preserves evidence of an ancient food web, revealing what a large dinosaur consumed shortly before the end of the dinosaur era.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 11, 2026
And there was nothing around except farmland and state preserves.
From "The Sea of Monsters" by Rick Riordan
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Now, Zendaya is reportedly taking extraordinary measures to ensure the sentimental garment—which has never been pictured or seen publicly—is carefully preserved for years to come.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 23, 2026
But on some occasions, he said, he had been told that records run by homes of different religious orders were "destroyed in floods, fires... only for it later to transpire that they have been preserved".
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026
“SB 1392 establishes a carefully limited exemption for cars that are preserved, driven sparingly, and maintained as part of California’s automotive heritage.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026
“Scientific American” cautioned in 1939 that “as much water as possible must be preserved to replenish ground water storage.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026
Odin's eye remains in Mimir’s well, preserved by the waters that feed the world ash, seeing nothing, seeing everything.
From "Norse Mythology" by Neil Gaiman
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It means holding developers accountable for preventable harms while preserving their ability to innovate.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 22, 2026
In contrast, the iPhone Duo brings an “entirely new design,” Ternus said, “while preserving everything you love and expect.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026
Peter Strachan, deputy leader of Buckinghamshire Council, said the authority's priority was protecting and preserving the "well-loved" building.
From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2026
Rosales adores our pictures as much as we do, if not more, and “East of the River” confirms her boundless affection for the women whose likenesses and cultural contributions she’s devoted to preserving.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026
We were preserving Our Lady, and I was content— for the first time since I’d learned about my mother—to be doing what I was doing.
From "The Secret Life of Bees" by Sue Monk Kidd
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