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verb

past tense of preserve

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Recent Examples of preserved
Verb
Some sets were constructed in Toronto, disassembled and shipped out and have now been preserved for a potential second season. Amber Dowling, IndieWire, 9 Apr. 2025 Yet Flores would like to see our historic places — which are in fact the city’s Naturally Occurring Affordable Housing (NOAH) — not preserved. Bruce D Coons, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Apr. 2025 Per the Ford family’s request, the property’s most storied elements were preserved, such as the lobby’s checkerboard Italian marble flooring, selected by Ford himself, and the original green marble fireplace. Devorah Lev-Tov, AFAR Media, 9 Apr. 2025 Her literary legacy, preserved in archives at Columbia University, offers glimpses into her mind but no definitive answers to her fate. Patti Callahan Henry, People.com, 16 Mar. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for preserved
Adjective
  • San Diego defender Chris McVey’s routine back pass was untouched by goalkeeper CJ Dos Santos and skipped into the back of their net for an own goal.
    Andy Greder, Twin Cities, 15 June 2025
  • Humphrey’s Executor stood basically untouched for decades, until Justices John Roberts and Samuel Alito – both of whom had previously served in the executive branch – were appointed.
    Claire B. Wofford, The Conversation, 13 June 2025
Adjective
  • Your Sterile Drugs, Like Eye Drops, Could Become Dangerous Or Deadly The FDA helps ensure that sterile drugs are actually sterile — non-toxic and uncontaminated.
    Brian Castrucci, Forbes.com, 5 May 2025
  • The wealthy were generally able to afford higher quality, authentic, uncontaminated products.
    Lauren Leffer, Popular Science, 1 May 2025
Verb
  • The defense firm maintained that the program is an opportunity to align with the Dutch government’s policy of support and empowerment of strategic national industries.
    Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 22 Mar. 2025
  • Cool-season lawns maintained at 3 to 4 inches tall have deeper root systems that are better able to withstand adverse conditions, such as drought.
    Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 22 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • This small oceanside town is located on Anastasia Island, a pristine wildlife haven, and offers broad Atlantic beaches perfect for wandering.
    Kara Franker, Southern Living, 19 June 2025
  • What was once a pristine estuary has become a hotspot for pollution, habitat loss, and stress.
    Melissa Cristina Márquez, Forbes.com, 19 June 2025
Adjective
  • Because comets are thought to be composed of unspoiled material left over from the formation of the solar system around 4.6 billion years ago, this could offer a glimpse at the conditions in which Earth and the other planets were formed.
    Robert Lea, Space.com, 19 June 2025
  • Take Vinh Hy Bay for example, which lives up to its reputation of being unspoiled.
    Nicole Kliest, Vogue, 18 June 2025
Verb
  • For creators who haven't yet protected their intellectual property, trademark registration should be a priority for early 2025.
    Ian Shepherd, Forbes, 31 Dec. 2024
  • This threat means than an entire attack force can be protected with a few missiles.
    David Hambling, Forbes, 31 Dec. 2024
Adjective
  • There is a new young star to put on billboards around the team and throw into commercials, one who, unlike Davis, is untainted by a trade that will live in infamy. Harrison, pilloried in the aftermath of the Dončić trade, somehow got some salvation, though not forgiveness.
    Mike Vorkunov, New York Times, 13 May 2025
  • Our Lady was chaste, willingly, willfully passive, untainted by the grottiness of ordinary life.
    Lamorna Ash, The Dial, 6 May 2025

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