Maintenance and Shifts

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Maintenance noun - The act or activity of keeping something in an existing and usually satisfactory condition.

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Shifts is an antonym for maintenance.

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Maintenance is an antonym for shifts in topics: trick, switch, time served doing work.

Technically alive, it shifts to push obstacles out of the way and survives by absorbing nutrients from any organic debris that may fall on it, including dead leaves, weeds, roadkill, and people essentially eliminating the need for any road maintenance.

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