maintain
verb (used with object)
have maintained
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present perfectof maintain.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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Since welcoming their child, the actors have maintained her privacy by not sharing her name or posting any images of her face online, while their home has become even more of a special sanctuary.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 4, 2026
YouTube, Snapchat and TikTok have maintained they have robust children's safety policies in place.
From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026
In the same way that regional brands like Shake Shack and In-N-Out have maintained cult followings for their novelty, Cane’s has no doubt benefited from the same kind of rarefied air.
From Slate ● Aug. 24, 2026
Many Canadian countertariffs have since been rolled back, although several provinces have maintained their retaliatory bans on U.S. wine and spirits.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 22, 2026
Ever since, they have maintained themselves and their ways, replicating in their own fashion, privately, with their own DNA and RNA quite different from ours.
From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas
