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  • verb Present participle of upkeep.

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Examples

  • The support of Sensible Priorities is great, they have pledged to caucus in Iowa for the person who most met their goals -- they have identified very specific waste in the Pentegon's budget, including but not limited to our overstock and upkeeping of nuclear weapons, as well as wasteful projects and weapons systems -- not everything mind you.

    Edwards To Be Endorsed By Key Iowa Group 2009

  • They now want us to contribute some money on a monthly basis to their upkeeping.

    Ask Amy: Your Relatives In A Recession 2009

  • The single person does have the burden of upkeeping a household, with all attendant costs and total costs, compared to a family, not that much less.

    Archive 2008-09-01 2008

  • I'm glad that you approved of the section, and that's really a tribute to Jessica's upkeeping, since the store has had so many changes in management, staff, procedure & policy, and prioities.

    World's Bakka-est Bookstore The Brillig Blogger 2008

  • "Many of the older schools are antiquated and in constant need of upkeeping," says Georgia Irvin, author of a schools guidebook for the D.C. metropolitan area.

    The Most Expensive Preschools Liz Moyer 2007

  • So we're talking about also upkeeping those, let alone finishing these big ones that aren't done yet.

    CNN Transcript Nov 2, 2006 2006

  • A large amount of this increase would also go towards upkeeping the assets of the royal household.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 2001

  • With respect to equipment, we are building silos, cold storage facilities, milling plants, feedlots, fertilizer mixing units, and workshops for upkeeping agricultural equipment and tractors.

    Strategic Management in Developing Countries Case Studies James E. Austin 2000

  • With respect to equipment, we are building silos, cold storage facilities, milling plants, feedlots, fertilizer mixing units, and workshops for upkeeping agricultural equipment and tractors.

    Strategic Management in Developing Countries Case Studies James E. Austin 2000

  • For a state that needs to spend less, upkeeping 33 embassies is too costly, critics say, but the Zimbabwean government counters that its diplomatic offices abroad help bring in badly needed investment and boost trade.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 1996

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