preserved

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Its unique value is one of accumulated histories, preserved from one administration to the next despite periodic changes, which have sometimes been extreme.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026

The state also pointed to later postconviction filings and defense counsel’s own affidavit suggesting that she had not in fact preserved the fuller pretext theories subsequently pressed on appeal.

From Slate • Apr. 10, 2026

“That means more affordable housing built in our neighborhoods, more existing housing preserved so families aren’t pushed out.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2026

Unlike most Ediacaran fossil sites, which preserve organisms as simple impressions in sandstone, the Jiangchuan Biota fossils are preserved as carbonaceous films.

From Science Daily • Apr. 6, 2026

It is still in the room, I feel it at once, the walls have preserved it.

From "All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel" by Erich Maria Remarque