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The phrase "a habit he maintained" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a behavior or routine that someone consistently practices over time.
Example: "Despite the challenges he faced, a habit he maintained was his daily morning run."
Alternatives: "a routine he upheld" or "a practice he continued".
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Those expeditions have taken on the aura of legend among lepidopterists as well as Nabokov's literary admirers, and it was a habit he maintained, with only the geographical scenes shifting, for the rest of his life.
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He says this while puffing away at a pipe – a habit he maintains he developed long before he was a gumshoe: "I have been a passionate pipe smoker since I was 14".
Ketchum began taking ten milligrams of Dexedrine, first intermittently, then three times a day — a habit that he maintained for decades — and he studied in bouts, memorizing swaths of information.
She said later that her passions at the time included reading royal biographies and "slushy" romances, and browsing at the London department store Harrods — a habit she maintained throughout the rest of her life.
During his years at Harvard, he adopted a number of habits which he maintained for much of his life.
Though behavioural health programs might be more effective for learning healthy eating habits and behaviours, he maintained that bariatric surgeries do have a place.
He stayed out of prison after that, but he maintained his habit of flying off the handle when provoked.
For the 2002 Poldark novel, Bella Poldark, which he said was to be the last, he maintained his habits of always writing with a fountain pen and always doing hands-on research.
Around the world, crisis response specialists make it a habit to maintain good contacts among local police and security forces.
1. Happy women make it a habit to maintain routines.
Murray has made a habit of maintaining bipartisan relationships and working across the aisle, passing things like the rewrite of the No Child Left Behind Act.
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