1
as in preserves
to avoid the wasteful or destructive use of
the need to conserve oil and other finite fossil fuels
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as in maintains
to keep in good condition
conserve our national parks so that they may be enjoyed by future generations
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Recent Examples of conserves
This not only conserves landfill space but also promotes recycling and resource conservation.
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Ganes Kesari, Forbes, 30 Sep. 2024
Ganes Kesari, Forbes, 30 Sep. 2024
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This keeps oxygen from entering the bottle, which, in turn, preserves open wine for up to four weeks.Jenny Berg, Vogue, 4 Oct. 2024
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Extinguishing fires as quickly as possible paradoxically preserves brush and trees for future combustion.Louis Gritzo, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2024
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Test The Redesign With A Focus Group Ensure the new design maintains brand equity.Expert Panel®, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
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That alteration, the NBA maintains, substantively changed Amazon’s term.Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 4 Oct. 2024
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Taft-Hartley protects those innocent bystanders by forbidding solidarity strikes, and the American people are better off for it.The Editors, National Review, 3 Oct. 2024
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The traditional pregnancy-rec vaccines are flu, COVID, and Tdap, but a new one (the FDA gave it the green light in 2023) protects against the respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), which can be seriously dangerous for newborns.Ashley Abramson, SELF, 2 Oct. 2024
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“Conserves.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/conserves. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.
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