maintain
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The stock deserves to trade more richly versus the market, given that management is doing what it can to maintain the type of growth the market is accustomed to.
From Barron's • Apr. 15, 2026
The Defense Department “is committed to rapidly expanding the defense industrial base by leveraging all available commercial solutions and technologies to ensure our warfighters maintain a decisive advantage,” a Pentagon official said.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 15, 2026
“The point is Nike’s superpower is based in part on being able to maintain an image of being the best sports brand despite selling a lot of commodity products,” Sole wrote.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 15, 2026
This balance allowed the system to maintain a steady flow.
From Science Daily • Apr. 15, 2026
“I will maintain this repression firmly, but without forgetting that it applies to soldiers who have been in the trenches with us for three years and who are our soldiers.”
From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman
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