preservation

[ US /ˌpɹɛzɝˈveɪʃən/ ]
[ UK /pɹɪsəvˈe‍ɪʃən/ ]
NOUN
  1. a process that saves organic substances from decay
  2. the activity of protecting something from loss or danger
  3. an occurrence of improvement by virtue of preventing loss or injury or other change
  4. the condition of being (well or ill) preserved
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How To Use preservation In A Sentence

  • She is also part of a large group of oceanographers and taphonomists of the SSETI project (Shelf / Slope Taphonomic Initiative) examining carbonate preservation and destruction across the shelf and slope regions in Gulf of Mexico and Bahamas using submersibles.
  • Stahl Real Estate has applied to demolish two early 20th century buildings, but preservationists are firing back, arguing that the 190 rent-stabilized and rent-controlled apartments, which sit between 64th and 65th streets near York Avenue, have played a vital role housing lower- and middle-class tenants for nearly a century. New Spat Over Upper East Side Rent
  • But it is hard to sustain that insistence on the preservation of the Catholic tradition on the one hand with a total insistence on the diminution of a Protestant tradition on the other.
  • One promising profession that's emerging this century is wildlife preservationist.
  • He received his award for service to the preservation and documentation of Australia's naval history and maritime heritage.
  • In comparison, the original mono track is distorted, indistinct, and terribly tinny, but for preservation's sake, it is nice to see it included here.
  • The NRC team visited the Louvre at the request of the Centre de recherche et de restauration des musées de France, which wanted confirmation that its preservation techniques for the masterpiece are the best available. MILLION DOLLAR SMILE
  • If cryonic preservation does indeed signal betrayal, it does so while asking much from those who would be betrayed. Times, Sunday Times
  • The Church, concludes the ecumenical patriarch, which by its educational activities instructed the people of God in revealed truth through the centuries, owes much to these schools of human thought, which contributed to man's intellectual and spiritual development, drawing him away from useless preservationism. Spero News
  • Preservation of our environment is not a liberal or conservative challenge, it's common sense. Ronald Reagan 
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