preserve
verb (used with object)
to keep alive or in existence; make lasting.
was preserving
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past progressiveof preserve.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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When Boeing bought the company it was preserving its own supply chain, and for that Spirit extracted a large premium.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026
Mr Quiboloy said in April that he was "preserving" himself by hiding from authorities.
From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2024
The organ owed its vitality to this machine, which was preserving it for transplantation into a needy patient.
From New York Times ● Apr. 2, 2024
The government said Google "falsely" told the U.S. in 2019 that it had suspended "auto-deletion" and was preserving chat communications as it was required to do under a federal court rule governing electronically stored information.
From Reuters ● Feb. 23, 2023
But was preserving the United States worth the deaths of so many, so young?
From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock
