preservation
Example Sentences
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Library film preservation specialists spent a week restoring the film reel frame-by-frame and digitizing it.
From Barron's • Apr. 13, 2026
The exceptional preservation of the site highlights Nida's importance as a key center in Roman Germania.
From Science Daily • Apr. 5, 2026
Today it is in the Library of Congress, with its bottom third torn off, demonstrating that the first copies of the Declaration were made for immediate use rather than historic preservation.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026
At that time, preservation advocates were renewing efforts to raise funds for what was then estimated to be a $11.8-million restoration.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026
It seemed more sedate than I remembered it, more perpendicular and strait-laced, with narrower windows and shinier woodwork, as though a coat of varnish had been put over everything for better preservation.
From "A Separate Peace" by John Knowles
Vocabulary lists containing preservation
The Mayflower Compact (1620)
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Human Geography - Middle School
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Human Geography - High School
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