well-preserved

adjective

: kept in good condition over a long period of time

well-preserved fossils

(humorous) She just turned 60, but she's well-preserved for her age.

Examples of well-preserved in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Inside is a tardigrade, so well-preserved that its tiny claws are still visible. —Nathaniel Scharping, Discover Magazine, 4 Apr. 2024

The team analyzed two newly uncovered and well-preserved skeletal fossils of shuotheriids. —Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 4 Apr. 2024

Desert environments are typically well-preserved in the geological record, and dunes leave behind clues about their distant past in layers of compressed sandstone. —Mindy Weisberger, CNN, 4 Mar. 2024

But the samples were small and not well-preserved, so the team couldn’t look for other clues and turned to mice to investigate further. —Theresa Gaffney, STAT, 1 Mar. 2024

Wrapped since the 1960s, the items, and their delicate organic components, were well-preserved. —Max Bennett, Discover Magazine, 22 Feb. 2024

Even so, the team was stunned by how well-preserved the artifacts were. —Margherita Bassi, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 Feb. 2024

The seats were plush, vintage but well-preserved, and exceedingly comfortable. —Sam McManis, Sacramento Bee, 30 Jan. 2024

Despite the passage of time, its wooden hull has remained extraordinarily well-preserved under about 3 feet of water near Avaldsnes, a village on the Norwegian island Karmøy. —Brendan Rascius, Miami Herald, 29 Jan. 2024