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- adjective showing
maintenance or attention - verb Simple past tense and past participle of
maintain .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective kept in good condition
- adjective continued in your keeping or use or memory
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Examples
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Starting with issue #1 Jan. 9, 2008, the title maintained a steady publication schedule for most of the first eight issues, but that seems to have fallen by the wayside.
Hey, Marvel! Where the heck is "The Twelve #9"? Chuck Wells 2009
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Starting with issue #1 Jan. 9, 2008, the title maintained a steady publication schedule for most of the first eight issues, but that seems to have fallen by the wayside.
Archive 2009-01-01 Chuck Wells 2009
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The Iraqi government under President Saddam Hussein maintained from the start that Speicher perished at the site where his F/A-18 fighter jet crashed in the desert.
Speicher, Michael S. 1991
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The Iraqi government under President Saddam Hussein maintained from the start that Speicher perished at the crash site.
Speicher, Michael S. 1991
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It meant giving up his profession, to which he was much attached; but the estates had to be looked after and the dignity of the title maintained; and now there was leisure for the reading and writing of plays, which had been his secret ambition.
Molly Brown's Orchard Home Nell Speed 1895
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In addition to assessing bonding and bridging social capital, we explore a dimension of social capital that assesses one's ability to stay connected with members of a previously inhabited community, which we call maintained social capital.
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In addition to assessing bonding and bridging social capital, we explore a dimension of social capital that assesses one's ability to stay connected with members of a previously inhabited community, which we call maintained social capital.
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Perrin maintained that “there are advantages to cooperating with other countries, not just the source countries, but also other countries along the migrant smuggling chain,” because this would assist Canada in “creating proactive responses to protracted refugee situations.”
The Ocean Lady: Rethinking “Illegal” Migration in Canada : Law is Cool 2009
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Wisconsin maintained its core fundamentals by ranking among the nation's best in turnovers (8.8 per game) and scoring average (56.9 ppg).
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Wisconsin maintained its core fundamentals by ranking among the nation's best in turnovers (8.8 per game) and scoring average (56.9 ppg).
Big Ten Conference 2010
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