maintain
verb (used with object)
self-maintaining
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a word derived from
maintain.
Example Sentences
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As perennials and beehives slowly establish themselves, the environment will begin to stabilize, and a large section of the campus will become self-maintaining, if not self-sustaining.
From New York Times ● Mar. 15, 2022
“A realistic portrayal should convey that therapy isn’t required only when there is a crisis situation at hand, and that therapy can be used as a proactive, self-maintaining strategy,” said Pierre-Smith.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 23, 2021
And we’re off and running in a self-maintaining cycle of anger and distance.
From Salon ● Sep. 4, 2012
A cynical explanation favored in cybernetic circles: "Nowhere else can you obtain a self-maintaining computer with built-in judgment, which can be mass-produced by unskilled labor -and by people who like their work so well."
From Time Magazine Archive
Race-maintaining conduct, like self-maintaining conduct, arises gradually out of that which cannot be called conduct.
From A Review of the Systems of Ethics Founded on the Theory of Evolution by Williams, C. M.
