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well-preserved

[wel-pri-zurvd] / ˈwɛl prɪˈzɜrvd /


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Bassist and singer Geddy Lee, his voice eerily well-preserved for a 72-year-old, rode the contours of these numbers with electrifying menace and character, justifying all the risks inherent in this reunion tour.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2026

Since then, his stunningly well-preserved remains have been kept at the same temperature -- minus six degrees Celsius -- as his icy tomb.

From Barron's • Jun. 3, 2026

"Based on exceptionally well-preserved fossil jaws, we show that these animals reached total lengths of up to nearly 20 meters, which may have surpassed the size of large marine reptiles of the same age."

From Science Daily • Apr. 25, 2026

Because well-preserved hunter-gatherer graves are rare, large-scale studies of family relationships in these communities are uncommon.

From Science Daily • Feb. 19, 2026

At ninety-nine they began to call him well-preserved; but unchanged would have been nearer the mark.

From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien



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