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Example Sentences

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“Given that pressure on inflation originates externally, the first priority should be to provide targeted liquidity support to preserve orderly market functioning.”

From The Wall Street Journal

They campaigned to preserve a law banning new oil wells near schools, homes and hospitals.

From Los Angeles Times

After the quake, thousands of people whose homes had been made uninhabitable or who feared aftershocks slept out for weeks by the moat, but it is once again the preserve of morning joggers and sightseers.

From Barron's

The findings suggest that dream experiences may help preserve the feeling of deep sleep even as the body's biological need for sleep declines.

From Science Daily

Scientists were able to determine the age of the fossils because they were preserved between two distinct layers of volcanic ash inside the cave.

From Science Daily