as in preservation
the act or activity of keeping something in an existing and usually satisfactory condition
I was hired to perform basic maintenance until the property could be sold
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Recent Examples of maintenance
That process will include gathering the flight track data, air traffic control recordings, plane maintenance records and other data, Knudson said.
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Helen Rummel, AZCentral.com, 15 Aug. 2025
Test maintenance dropped from 40 hours to 4 per week, new feature validation was completed within 24 hours and critical defect detection increased by 250%.
—Pradeep Govindasamy, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2025
As Duke modernizes its infrastructure to meet the Carolinas’ growing energy needs, combining the 52,000-square-mile service area would avoid redundant investments and costs like maintenance and fuel.
—Charlotte Observer, 15 Aug. 2025
These options require less maintenance and are less risky than trying to pick individual stocks.
—True Tamplin, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2025
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Helen Rummel, AZCentral.com, 15 Aug. 2025
Test maintenance dropped from 40 hours to 4 per week, new feature validation was completed within 24 hours and critical defect detection increased by 250%.
—Pradeep Govindasamy, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2025
As Duke modernizes its infrastructure to meet the Carolinas’ growing energy needs, combining the 52,000-square-mile service area would avoid redundant investments and costs like maintenance and fuel.
—Charlotte Observer, 15 Aug. 2025
These options require less maintenance and are less risky than trying to pick individual stocks.
—True Tamplin, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for maintenance
Noun
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Montgomery County Maryland has a Pay In Lieu of Taxes or PILOT program to facilitate the creation and preservation of housing with lower rents.—
Roger Valdez,
Forbes.com,
5 Aug. 2025
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Mom’s corpse is then put in a salted plastic barrel for preservation’s sake, and loaded onto a cart the daughter is prepared to pull all the way to the distant sea.—
Dennis Harvey,
Variety,
3 Aug. 2025
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The federal complaint alleged that billing for upkeep and improvements to the Amadea from September 2021 to April 2022 tallied more than $1.3 million.—
Teri Figueroa,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
7 Aug. 2025
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Homeowners' associations, or HOAs, can create stricter rules for yard upkeep.—
Quinn Clark,
jsonline.com,
25 July 2025
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“Maintenance.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/maintenance. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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