1
as in lasts
to continue to operate or to meet one's needs
let's hope that old air conditioner keeps up through this heat wave
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as in preserves
to keep in good condition
kept the house up while the owners were gone
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as in remains
to remain indefinitely in existence or in the same state
let's hope this beautiful weather keeps up for the rest of our vacation
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While totality typically only lasts for a few minutes with a total solar eclipse, the moon during this week’s event will spend just over an hour in Earth’s shadow.—
Ashley Strickland,
CNN,
13 Mar. 2025 -
Build your community advantage starting now Community is the competitive advantage that lasts.—
Jodie Cook,
Forbes,
13 Mar. 2025
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In addition to the musical reconstruction, McBurney has been making a contemporary English version of the libretto, with the translator Hannah Whitley, that preserves the original’s vernacular.—
Jeffrey Arlo Brown,
New York Times,
12 Apr. 2025
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Crawford's victory preserves the court's 4-3 liberal majority, safeguarding control of one of the most politically consequential state supreme courts in the nation.—
Jason D. Greenblatt,
MSNBC Newsweek,
2 Apr. 2025
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Apart from the new makeover, the design remains unchanged.—
Prakhar Khanna,
Forbes,
3 Jan. 2025
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Despite this change, Red Bull Team Principal Christian Horner remains confident.—
Dan Perry,
Newsweek,
3 Jan. 2025
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Drew’s captures all of it in this love letter to a format that unexplicably survives, if only as a memory or souvenir.—
Jem Aswad,
Variety,
17 Dec. 2024
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Mikaela and Kieran escape and blow the place sky high … but Desmond survives.—
Sean T. Collins,
New York Times,
16 Dec. 2024
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That means the agency stops paying out for previous disasters and conserves its money for life-saving missions during any new ones.—
Mae Anderson,
The Christian Science Monitor,
16 Oct. 2024
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This not only conserves landfill space but also promotes recycling and resource conservation.—
Ganes Kesari,
Forbes,
30 Sep. 2024
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Balloons by Tommy continues in Bensenville with his husband, Scott DeLorenzo.—
Rick Kogan,
Chicago Tribune,
24 Dec. 2024
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Despite the mixed responses, the image continues to fuel debate across social media.—
Hannah Parry,
Newsweek,
24 Dec. 2024
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Sampson, now in his 36th season as a head coach, will surely take some time if Houston prevails during his third trip to the Final Four, including his second with the Cougars who also made it in 2021.—
Edgar Thompson,
The Orlando Sentinel,
6 Apr. 2025
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Other conservative states have also moved to cut Planned Parenthood out of the Medicaid program, and more would likely follow if South Carolina prevails.—
Lindsay Whitehurst,
Chicago Tribune,
2 Apr. 2025
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The Miami Herald maintains full editorial control of this work.—
Max Klaver,
Miami Herald,
24 Mar. 2025
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The company, which maintains a database with the genetic information of over 15 million people, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings on Sunday.—
Kevin Sabet,
Newsweek,
24 Mar. 2025
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“Keeps up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/keeps%20up. Accessed 12 Jul. 2025.
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