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adj. - Capable of being saved, protected or maintained

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  • But first you have to establish a status quo that's preservable.
  • Scotland, certainly rendered it not only justifiable but highly praiseworthy that the Exchequer should make some effort for preserving so much of the pile as was...
  • But in the absence of digital remasters of Cyril Scott's two piano concs with Ogdon, I'm all for transferring them, plus a shedload of other stuff, onto a preservable...
  • If we keep buyinig into these DRM-laden resources, not only will our users stop coming to us for content, but a lot of the content that we have legitimately purchased will...
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