maintains
- present tense form of maintain (3rd person singular).
Example Sentences
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The government maintains there has been no decision to delay its introduction.
From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026
XS.com’s Antonio Di Giacomo expects gold prices to increase gradually from a technical perspective, as long as it maintains above $4,000 a troy ounce, with $4,100 as the immediate resistance level.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026
Researchers hope that this timing will help them better understand the solar dynamo, the process that creates and maintains the Sun's magnetic field.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 21, 2026
Unlike the others convicted in this case, Sanchez-Estrada was not at the protest and maintains he had no role in its planning.
From Salon ● Jul. 20, 2026
The psychologist Walter Mischel argues that the human mind has a kind of “reducing valve” that “creates and maintains the perception of continuity even in the face of perpetual observed changes in actual behavior.”
From "The Tipping Point" by Malcolm Gladwell
