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verb

past tense of preserve

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Recent Examples of preserved
Verb
Operational, commercial, and technological synergies will be preserved through agreements to ensure continuity, enhance speed, and reduce costs. Joe Cornell, Forbes, 27 Dec. 2024 The agreement preserved DeSantis’ control over the district, while allowing for a new development plan to be crafted. Skyler Swisher, Orlando Sentinel, 27 Dec. 2024 The Historic Landmark District is well preserved, granted a bit of luck was involved. Yelena Moroz Alpert, Architectural Digest, 27 Dec. 2024 The agreement preserved DeSantis control over the district, while allowing for a new development plan to be crafted. Skyler Swisher, Sun Sentinel, 27 Dec. 2024 Another key oversight mechanism that must be preserved is the Pentagon’s independent testing office, which provides regular assessments of the state of major weapons programs. William Hartung, Forbes, 26 Dec. 2024 Its service ended in 1909, and the lighthouse is now preserved by the National Park Service. Judy Garrison, Southern Living, 26 Dec. 2024 Alongside traditional fixtures like the 2,700-pound cast iron chandeliers recreated from original construction drawings and photos with 21st-century energy-efficient lighting, graffiti has been preserved with every effort to find, credit and showcase the artists. Patrick Sauer, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Dec. 2024 Under Carmody’s leadership since 2007, Eastern Market has added new market days, supported food entrepreneurs and preserved its historic charm. Elissa Robinson, Detroit Free Press, 23 Dec. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for preserved
Adjective
  • Even as President Donald Trump recently obliterated the federal government’s support for DEI, his executive order leaves academic instruction untouched.
    Matt Beienburg, National Review, 25 Jan. 2025
  • The 23-year-old ballet teacher and server described a ghost town of a city sprinkled with excited children seeing snow for the first time, making snowmen and walking in the middle of roads untouched by cars.
    John Bacon, USA TODAY, 22 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • The actual area requiring demining is certain to be much smaller—thirteen thousand five hundred square miles have already been cleared or deemed uncontaminated—but proving that this land is safe will still require an enormous amount of time and resources.
    Michael Holtz, The New Yorker, 17 Jan. 2025
  • Meaning, no water source, no matter how remote, can be guaranteed to be pristine or totally uncontaminated.
    Erica Sloan, SELF, 10 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • Not everyone was on the same page, as some commentators maintained that Lively had behaved rudely to Kjersti Flaa in that infamous interview and had a problematic past.
    Dani Di Placido, Forbes, 24 Dec. 2024
  • Even amid stressful late-game scenarios, Washington’s quarterback, whose EKG might have appeared flatlined since he seemingly never gets rattled, maintained his calm approach.
    Ben Standig, The Athletic, 23 Dec. 2024
Adjective
  • The pristine German college town of Tübingen flourishes today, in stark contrast to its dark past.
    Eve Glover, Fox News, 26 Jan. 2025
  • Getaway Enjoy the Outdoors Hit the Beach With 2.5 miles of Atlantic Ocean-fronting shoreline, Sullivan’s Island’s main draw is its pristine shoreline, a wide sandy stretch prime for sandcastle-building and sunbathing.
    Betsy Cribb Watson, Southern Living, 25 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • The property is adjacent to the unspoiled Torre Salsa Nature Reserve, featuring natural dunes and white sand beaches, which can be reached in just 5 minutes via a footpath from the property.
    Irene S. Levine, Forbes, 21 Jan. 2025
  • Largely undeveloped with no grocery stores, streetlights, or sidewalks, Daufuskie is known for its unspoiled beaches, mystical marshlands, and rich Gullah culture.
    Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 6 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • For creators who haven't yet protected their intellectual property, trademark registration should be a priority for early 2025.
    Ian Shepherd, Forbes, 31 Dec. 2024
  • This threat means than an entire attack force can be protected with a few missiles.
    David Hambling, Forbes, 31 Dec. 2024
Adjective
  • The supposedly authentic foreign experience is perhaps a sense of life untainted by the influence of global brands.
    Alex C. Park, New York Times, 21 Jan. 2025
  • Ice Cube’s lyrics chronicle a dreamlike day—basketball games, favorite fast food, cruising the streets—untainted by violence or adversity.
    Walaa Elsiddig, Billboard, 19 Dec. 2024

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