- present participle of maintain.
maintaining
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One clause, according to the Islamic Republic News Agency, is “safeguarding national and regional security by maintaining control over the Strait of Hormuz.”
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 27, 2026
In Federalist No. 51, James Madison argued that maintaining the balance established by the separation of powers depended on the ambitions of public officials coming into conflict.
From Salon ● Oct. 27, 2026
Shared control lines could offer a more practical way to expand these systems while maintaining the precision needed for quantum calculations.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 26, 2026
It has recently broken out peak revenue estimates for sone-ve of $3 billion to $5 billion, while maintaining its peak-sales guidance of more than $5 billion for the rest of the portfolio.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 2026
In some way, maintaining some rituals helps them.
From "Internment" by Samira Ahmed
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