maintain
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Example Sentences
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To explore what changes in older lungs, researchers focused on fibroblasts, the structural cells that help maintain lung tissue.
From Science Daily • Apr. 3, 2026
The post office would maintain its own list of people “who are enrolled with the USPS, pursuant to a process specified in the rulemaking.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026
Nuclear energy is part of the solution, he believes, but many European nuclear reactors are old and governments need to invest considerably just to maintain or extend their working life.
From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026
“If anything, we need additional funding to cover rising costs, not fewer, to maintain our current momentum,” the agency said Friday.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026
Those who follow the first method can remedy their standing, both with God and with men, as Agathocles did; the others cannot possibly maintain their positions.
From "The Prince" by Niccolò Machiavelli
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
