long-term preservation

collocation in English

meaningsoflong-termandpreservation

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long-term
adjective
uk
/ˌlɒŋˈtɜːm/us
/ˌlɑːŋˈtɝːm/
continuing a long time into ...
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preservation
noun[U]
uk
/ˌprez.əˈveɪ.ʃən/us
/ˌprez.ɚˈveɪ.ʃən/
the act of keeping something the same or of preventing it from ...
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In practice, lake sediments provide the best sites forlong-termpreservationand continuous deposition of pollen and spores.
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This is due to thelong-termpreservationof the slices and to the availability of the slices for testing when and where needed.
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Long-termpreservationof mouse spermatozoa after freeze-drying and freezing without cryoprotection.
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Throughout the year, they practised restraint in the interests of thelong-termpreservationof that vital prawn stock.
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As time passes the frequency and urgency of access will diminish and it will then be necessary to make decisions about selection forlong-termpreservation.
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It is a concept that, while ensuring thelong-termpreservationof the buildings, would permit, and indeed encourage, the development of appropriate and sympathetic uses.
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It is therefore essential that we forgo narrow, short-term economic interests in favour of a common interest whose goal is thelong-termpreservationof life on our planet.
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For example, most cooking techniques are aimed atlong-termpreservationof food.
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Archiving digital material is turning out to be extremely costly, and it creates issues in terms oflong-termpreservation.
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A project aimed at the digitization of gramophone records was launched with the purpose of ensuring theirlong-termpreservationand availability.
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In fact, as the traditional keepers of the land for thousands of years, we have successfully balanced the need for sustainable harvesting withlong-termpreservation.
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Thus, development pressures threaten thelong-termpreservationof the site.
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Thus, most cooking techniques are conducive to thelong-termpreservationof food.
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In the fourth and final phase of the project, curators, scientists and conservators developed along-termpreservationplan.
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Long-termpreservationof food may call for food storage at even lower temperatures.
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It is also important, iflong-termpreservationis of concern, to make sure the framer is using good conservation framing technique.
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Fully cooked preparations are generally sold in either glass containers or metal cans forlong-termpreservation.
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The goal of library binding islong-termpreservation.
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Modern personal archiving is often concerned with digital preservation, especially with collating individual's content from social media websites and ensuring thelong-termpreservationof this.
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Its task was to develop along-termpreservationstrategy for the moraine.
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