conserve
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Pack ice blocked the English Channel; coal stockpiles froze; electricity was rationed to five hours a day; and newspapers reduced their size to conserve paper.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has also urged Indians to car pool, use public transport and work from home to conserve fuel.
From BBC • Jun. 3, 2026
At a public meeting in Hyderabad last month, Mr. Modi appealed to Indians to cut down on gold imports and foreign travel to conserve foreign exchange.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 3, 2026
"If we conserve that energy, that's billions of dollars of savings and it also saves us lots of effort and reduces environmental impacts."
From Science Daily • May 27, 2026
I couldn’t find any replacement batteries, so I flung the flashlight aside and put my miner’s lamp on my head, made sure it worked, then switched it off to conserve the batteries.
From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson
Vocabulary lists containing conserve
100 SAT words Beginning with "C"
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Physical Science - Energy - Introductory
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