preservation
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Then, as women gained their legal independence, the state created a new rationale for the law—the preservation of marriage—and allowed women to sue, too.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 18, 2026
Library film preservation specialists spent a week restoring the film reel frame-by-frame and digitizing it.
From Barron's • Apr. 13, 2026
Fix the fountain — perhaps with help from Project Restore L.A., a nonprofit doing good preservation work at City Hall — and arrange for its permanent upkeep.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 11, 2026
This type of preservation is more commonly associated with famous Cambrian fossil sites such as the Burgess Shale in Canada.
From Science Daily • Apr. 6, 2026
The society, active in the preservation and marking of historic sites, was known for its conservative social and political policies.
From "The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights" by Russell Freedman
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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