- present participle of maintain.
maintaining
Example Sentences
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But delta opponents argue the sea level rise is another reason for maintaining fresh water flows to repel the salt water from San Francisco Bay.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 29, 2023
Suppliers, however, lied to him about the species they sold, and power failures made maintaining fresh water for the fish impossible, the memorandum said.
From New York Times • Aug. 12, 2015