maintain

In a sentence

Six example sentences with maintain, each labelled with its topic.

• Runners who maintain an easy pace for the first mile almost always finish stronger than those who sprint off the line.

  Fitness

• Both authors still maintain that the fossil is a juvenile, though three later papers place it in a separate genus.

  Science

• Thick stone walls maintain an even temperature inside the old mill, which is why the archive moved its papers there.

  Architecture

• The team maintained a ten-point lead through the fourth quarter by slowing the pace and hitting free throws.

  Basketball

• The minister continues to maintain that the figures were accurate, even after the audit office published corrections.

  Politics

• The fund has maintained a five percent payout for thirty years, through two recessions and one currency crisis.

  Finance

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More Academic words

• parallel
• academic
• widespread
• phenomenon
• bond
• focusing
• participant
• aware
• remove
• series
• restore
• currency