- present participle of maintain.
maintaining
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After the first 12 weeks, participants shifted toward maintaining their weight loss rather than continuing rapid weight reduction.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 30, 2026
Smith and his partners are even offering $1 off beers this week, given the flooding, and are maintaining plans for Halloween costume contests, “The Voice” auditions and live music.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2026
A bigger problem in the long term may be how the company works advertising into its AI offerings while maintaining its search dominance.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026
The system is supposed to monitor train speeds and movements to help prevent collisions by maintaining safe distances between them.
From Barron's ● Oct. 29, 2026
Such bureaucracies were essential not only to governing large and populous domains but also to maintaining standing armies, sending out fleets of exploration, and organizing wars of conquest.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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