Example Sentences
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If properly conserved, they can last for hundreds of years.
From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026
In physics, quantities such as energy, momentum, and angular momentum are conserved, meaning they cannot disappear or be created from nothing.
From Science Daily ● May 24, 2026
It raised the height of a dam to double its storage, built the desalination plant and acquired rights to a trove of conserved Colorado River water from a desert farming district.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 16, 2026
Abroad, though, interest rates and inflation risks have shot up, fuel is being conserved, and economic forecasts are darkening.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 4, 2026
This conserved our energy and vastly increased our chances of getting up Everest, but I found it hugely unsatisfying.
From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer
