- present tense form of maintain (3rd person singular).
Example Sentences
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Daiwa maintains a buy rating for the stock but cuts its target price to $25 from $29 on lower EV growth in the domestic market.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026
Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service maintains a screwworm pupae sterilization facility in North America and is currently building a new center in southern Texas.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 6, 2026
Baird Equity Research maintains a Neutral rating on Coinbase but lowers its price target to $142 from $160 because of weak trading volumes.
From Barron's • Jun. 5, 2026
It’s also her first album in more than a decade, one that maintains the neo-soul continuum she’s nourished since her multi-platinum 2000 debut, “Who Is Jill Scott? Words and Sounds, Vol. 1.”
From Salon • Jun. 5, 2026
The Christian Union has bought and maintains new evangelical student centers at Brown, Princeton, and Cornell, and has plans to establish a center on every Ivy League campus.
From "Class Matters" by The New York Times
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