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as in maintenance
the act or activity of keeping something in an existing and usually satisfactory condition
argues that a new toll is needed to pay for the long-term sustentation of the city's bridges
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as in preservation
the careful maintaining and protection of something valuable especially in its natural or original state
the all-important sustentation of Mount Vernon, Monticello, and other national treasures
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Working in maintenance and sanitation at the Spring Grove Hospital Center for as little as $36,093 or providing clinical psychiatric care for as much as $463,485.—
Lorraine Mirabella,
Baltimore Sun,
25 Mar. 2025 -
The event is a fundraiser for maintenance for the Sheffield Island Lighthouse, according to the Norwalk Seaport Association, with tickets available for sale online or by calling the Seaport Office at 203-838-9444.—
Staff report,
Hartford Courant,
25 Mar. 2025
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In the process of making the project a preservation initiative by digitizing archival tapes, organizers of the retrospective discovered just how full an evening at EZTV could be, with performances, poetry, shorts, an in-house soap opera and two or more feature-length videos.—
Mark Olsen,
Los Angeles Times,
21 Mar. 2025
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About Historic West End Partners’ plans Historic West End Partners was founded in 2010 to advocate for cultural preservation and economic development in the Historic West End.—
Catherine Muccigrosso,
Charlotte Observer,
21 Mar. 2025
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Decades of conservation work have kept it from disappearing a second time, but only through intensive human intervention.—
Scott Travers,
Forbes.com,
28 Mar. 2025
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That year, Greenpeace, a member of the conservation coalition, chose the Saya de Malha Bank as the location for the first ever underwater protest of deep-seabed mining.—
Ian Urbina,
Los Angeles Times,
28 Mar. 2025
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“Sustentation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sustentation. Accessed 21 Apr. 2025.
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