conserve
verb (used with object)
to prevent injury, decay, waste, or loss of.
have conserved
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present perfectof conserve.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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But like HIV, snake toxins also have conserved regions that cannot mutate, and an antibody targeting those could possibly work against all variants of that toxin.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 21, 2024
Almost 3,000 projects have conserved an estimated 2.98 million acres of habitat.
From Scientific American ● Oct. 18, 2023
"This is an environment that all past rulers have conserved in ancient times and modern times too."
From BBC ● May 26, 2023
Reduction targets will be calculated using residential per-capita data from 2013, giving communities that have conserved a boost.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 3, 2015
The Guebers have conserved the same belief to our days.
From The Unknown Life of Jesus Christ The Original Text of Nicolas Notovitch's 1887 Discovery by Nicolas Notovitch
