as in to conserve
to keep in good condition
vigilantly preserving the ancient statue for future generations to enjoy
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Recent Examples of preserve
Already, states and health-care providers are having to fight to preserve access to vaccines.
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Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 5 Sep. 2025
This creates a new conversation thread that includes all the conversation history up to that specific point, while preserving the original conversation intact.
—Benj Edwards, ArsTechnica, 5 Sep. 2025
This includes shooting some sequences with live actors, with plans to use face and pose transfer techniques with AI tools to preserve the likenesses of the original actors in the movie.
—Winston Cho, HollywoodReporter, 5 Sep. 2025
Clues likely would be preserved inside the steel hull if the intrepid divers could find a way in.
—Frank Witsil, Freep.com, 25 Aug. 2025
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Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 5 Sep. 2025
This creates a new conversation thread that includes all the conversation history up to that specific point, while preserving the original conversation intact.
—Benj Edwards, ArsTechnica, 5 Sep. 2025
This includes shooting some sequences with live actors, with plans to use face and pose transfer techniques with AI tools to preserve the likenesses of the original actors in the movie.
—Winston Cho, HollywoodReporter, 5 Sep. 2025
Clues likely would be preserved inside the steel hull if the intrepid divers could find a way in.
—Frank Witsil, Freep.com, 25 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for preserve
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Congress decided to make daylight saving time permanent for two years from 1973 to 1975, extending the hours of daily sunlight year-round to conserve energy during the oil embargo crisis.—
Haadiza Ogwude,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
4 Sep. 2025
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Just as geese conserve energy by flying in formation, teams conserve cognitive bandwidth when social and task rhythms are predictable.—
Scott Hutcheson,
Forbes.com,
3 Sep. 2025
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The Athletic maintains full editorial independence.—
Data Skrive,
New York Times,
5 Sep. 2025
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The Miami Herald maintains full editorial control of this work.—
Lauren Costantino,
Miami Herald,
5 Sep. 2025
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The two wanted the Power of Veto winner to use the ability to keep Panaro, but instead, the winner saved themselves.—
Dina Kaur,
AZCentral.com,
4 Sep. 2025
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For engineers and designers, this framework is like giving a GPS map through the complex terrain of foam design—saving months of trial-and-error testing.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
4 Sep. 2025
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Michôd says that Sweeney was initially tentative about Martin's involvement, wanting to protect her own creative space, but opened up upon realizing that Martin wasn't going to try and control her performance.—
Esther Zuckerman,
Time,
6 Sep. 2025
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Sources close to Spence, who asked to remain anonymous to protect relationships, described him as an introvert to The Athletic in February.—
Jay Harris,
New York Times,
6 Sep. 2025
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“Preserve.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/preserve. Accessed 7 Sep. 2025.
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