reserve
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From there, he recommends building an emergency reserve, ideally reaching three to six months’ worth of expenses eventually, and then putting additional money toward longer-term goals.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 22, 2026
I asked questions about the technology and how the process would work; it was firm in saying I could get answers only at the actual appointment, which I could reserve with a Venmo payment.
From Slate ● Sep. 22, 2026
Between this and its cash reserve, it should be able to meet near-term requirements.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 21, 2026
The 1,750-acre Torrey Pines reserve, located north of La Jolla and south of Del Mar in San Diego County, attracts an estimated 4 million visitors yearly.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 21, 2026
Two hundred square meters of solar cells, with hydrogen fuel cells to store plenty of reserve.
From "The Martian" by Andy Weir
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Meanwhile, volunteer blood bike charity Freewheelers, which supports the NHS by delivering lifesaving medical products, said they are "sucking up the impact in our reserves".
From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026
She found out that the HOA only had 1% in financial reserves.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 22, 2026
Slow waves are a major feature of deep sleep -- the stage associated with physical recovery, replenishing energy reserves, and maintaining healthy brain function.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 22, 2026
The world’s largest island has untapped mineral reserves buried deep beneath the ice, but they are difficult and expensive to get to.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 20, 2026
There was something about his face, the sad fatigue of a goodwill whose reserves have been exhausted, that made me start to trust him.
From "Endangered" by Eliot Schrefer
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“For the longest time, at least from my vantage point, caviar was reserved for a certain group that was in the know,” she said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 2026
The presidential symposium is reserved for cutting-edge cancer research.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 21, 2026
The maneuver was completed with more than 99% accuracy and consumed less than 10% of the fuel reserved for it.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 18, 2026
This week, the 9th Circuit reversed him, finding the Korean companies intentionally reserved immobilizers as an “upsell” for American buyers, making millions of base-models easy to hot-wire with little more than a screwdriver.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 15, 2026
When the normal participants looked at the chair, however, they used a completely different and less powerful part of the brain—the inferior temporal gyrus—which is normally reserved for objects.
From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell
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Jim Levi runs Cars for Event Rental in Long Island, where he says 80% of his bookings are women, mostly reserving cars for photoshoots.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 29, 2026
For other passengers, reserving a seat is optional.
From Barron's ● Jun. 11, 2026
While praising the VA for reserving the contract for businesses owned by disabled veterans, Sherin said the plan lacks the ingredient he views as most important.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 10, 2026
The world governing body's standard policy dictates tickets are listed for resale or transferred to another individual rather than refunded, reserving the latter option for exceptional circumstances like match cancellations.
From BBC ● May 26, 2026
She unloads a tray of them from the delivery cart, reserving two to eat later.
From "Dreaming in Cuban" by Cristina García
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