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reserve

[ri-zurv] / rɪˈzɜrv /






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Maintaining a cash reserve to avoid selling investments during a market downturn is a sensible approach.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 11, 2026

In some cases, particularly in the 1950s and 1960s, reserve players did not travel to the tournament.

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026

Pakistan, which has no strategic oil reserve, now plans to set one up.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026

In other words, the reserves his company and others have been tapping — including the U.S. strategic petroleum reserve, which is supposed to be used only for global emergencies — are about to run out.

From Salon • Jun. 7, 2026

It was owing to him, to his reserve and want of proper consideration, that Wickham’s character had been so misunderstood, and consequently that he had been received and noticed as he was.

From "Pride and Prejudice" by Jane Austen




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