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conserve

[kuhn-surv, kon-surv, kuhn-surv] / kənˈsɜrv, ˈkɒn sɜrv, kənˈsɜrv /


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The waterway is set to reduce daily traffic from 36 to 32 ships a day in an effort to conserve water amid a severe drought likely to last until mid-2027.

From Barron's ● Sep. 3, 2026

At this spot, the Earth’s and the sun’s gravity create a stable point, allowing the spacecraft to better conserve fuel.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 30, 2026

The U.S. military has taken steps to conserve its interceptor stocks.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 29, 2026

The findings may also provide a valuable foundation for efforts to understand and conserve animal biodiversity.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 25, 2026

That genes could also be reproduced, recombined between chromosomes, and repaired by specific proteins, explained how cells and organisms manage to conserve, copy, and reshuffle genetic information across generations.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee

"Once you get it moving, it isn't hard at all - people are pulling with one arm. It conserves energy, and it moves really quickly," said Lipo.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 8, 2025

The harbour is leased from East Lothian Council and managed by the volunteer-run North Berwick Harbour Trust charity, which maintains and conserves the site.

From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2023

Beyond 2023-24, the Kraken limiting Dunn’s deal term hedges bets and conserves future cap space — knowing bigger contracts await Matty Beniers and potentially top draft picks such as Shane Wright and Ryker Evans.

From Seattle Times ● Jul. 26, 2023

In contrast, reducing waste generation conserves natural resources and avoids other negative environmental impacts throughout a product's life.

From Salon ● Jul. 25, 2023

We often dip into it, and the tough ham sausages, the tins of liver sausages, the conserves, the boxes of cigarettes rejoice our hearts.

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

Divers from the expedition brought the pots up to the surface, where they are now being carefully conserved after so many thousands of years underwater.

From BBC ● Oct. 14, 2026

“You’ll often read articles about conservation or about art that has been conserved and the name of the conservator is never mentioned.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026

The reactions themselves are extremely ancient and are conserved across life to a degree comparable with the genetic code.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 12, 2026

After major credit-ratings firms downgraded Whirlpool’s debt to junk status, it raised money by selling new shares, and conserved money by suspending the dividend it had paid for 70 years.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026

Kraals were swept, the topsoil was conserved, fields were neatly divided.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela

Most of the global targets they set four years ago -- from tackling invasive species to conserving 30 percent of land and oceans, slashing pollution and protecting threatened species -- are off-track.

From Barron's ● Oct. 12, 2026

From an evolutionary perspective, conserving energy during periods of intense physical activity probably protected our ancestors from starvation.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 22, 2026

Neither study questions the value of protected areas for conserving biodiversity.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 9, 2026

"Despite Australia being one of the wealthiest countries per capita in the world and having more than its fair share of world-leading scientists… we have a truly awful record of conserving species," Ritchie says.

From BBC ● Aug. 8, 2026

Like a turtle, I pulled back into my shell, conserving my courage and my words until I really needed them.

From "The Lions of Little Rock" by Kristin Levine


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