preserve
verb (used with object)
to keep alive or in existence; make lasting.
preserver
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a word derived from
preserve.
Example Sentences
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Reflecting on the press, he later noted, "The press has pretensions of being a crusader but is more often a preserver of the status quo."
From BBC ● Jul. 7, 2025
I let myself play the victim twice — first of the debt itself, then of the life preserver tossed to bring me back onboard.
From Salon ● May 11, 2025
Maybe, but Celine Dion wasn’t about to throw them a life preserver.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2024
Laura Simpson has been a master gardener since 2002, and a master food preserver since 2015.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 28, 2023
Mrs. Cranston, bigger than he, in a gigantic feathered hat, her squirrel-skin cloak, and over that her life preserver, stretched to its limits.
From "Secrets at Sea" by Richard Peck
