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.
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The city inside the walls is remarkably well-preserved, and the fully intact wall itself has been ingeniously turned into a 4.2-kilometer walking trail and park system.
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Jess Fleming, Twin Cities, 16 Nov. 2025
This map shows the entire globe of the Earth projected onto a Mollweide projection, where areas are accurate and well-preserved and the map is fully connected, with no gaps.
—Big Think, 10 Nov. 2025
In 2006, paleontologists discovered an exceptionally rare and well-preserved fossil specimen preserved with two dinosaurs together.
—Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 30 Oct. 2025
With about 400 year-round residents and summer crowds that swell into the tens of thousands, the island remains remarkably well-preserved—over 80 percent of it is state parkland.
—Christine Chitnis, Vogue, 24 Sep. 2025
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Jess Fleming, Twin Cities, 16 Nov. 2025
This map shows the entire globe of the Earth projected onto a Mollweide projection, where areas are accurate and well-preserved and the map is fully connected, with no gaps.
—Big Think, 10 Nov. 2025
In 2006, paleontologists discovered an exceptionally rare and well-preserved fossil specimen preserved with two dinosaurs together.
—Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 30 Oct. 2025
With about 400 year-round residents and summer crowds that swell into the tens of thousands, the island remains remarkably well-preserved—over 80 percent of it is state parkland.
—Christine Chitnis, Vogue, 24 Sep. 2025
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“Well-preserved.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/well-preserved. Accessed 27 Nov. 2025.
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