sustained
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Although the results suggest diet may influence biological aging surprisingly quickly, researchers caution that it is still unknown whether these improvements last long term or lead to sustained reductions in biological age.
From Science Daily • May 12, 2026
Matthew Potts has not had a sustained run in the England team and struggled when he was called into the team for the final Ashes Test.
From BBC • May 11, 2026
A period of sustained higher prices improves BP’s investment case and should help make its leverage similar to peers’ by 2027, he adds.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 11, 2026
The company attributed $30.2 million of that to a “noncash goodwill impairment charge driven by a sustained decline in share price.”
From MarketWatch • May 8, 2026
Those complex political units are much better able to mount a sustained war of conquest than is an egalitarian band of hunters.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
Vocabulary lists containing sustained
President Biden's Inaugural Speech (January 2021)
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