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Example Sentences
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This kept the DNA structure more tightly closed and protected the mice from becoming unusually sensitive to stress later in life.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 26, 2026
Historic gardens "must be protected and preserved", said Dillamore.
From Barron's ● Aug. 25, 2026
The house remained protected by temporary fencing on Saturday.
From BBC ● Aug. 23, 2026
With Columbia, Ms. Van Erem objected that draft findings implicated protected speech.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 23, 2026
At four the next morning I camped off the trail in a small meadow protected by a ring of spruce trees.
From "Black Star, Bright Dawn" by Scott O'Dell
