maintenues

In a sentence

• Les règles strictes ont été maintenues malgré les protestations.

  The strict rules were maintained despite the protests.

  In this sentence, 'maintenues' is the past participle of the verb 'maintenir', agreeing in gender and number with 'règles strictes', meaning '[strict rules] were kept or preserved.'

• Les données ont été maintenues à jour régulièrement.

  The data were maintained up to date regularly.

  Here, 'maintenues' describes actions of upkeep, where 'données' '[data]' were kept updated by someone.

• Les traditions culturelles ont été maintenues dans la communauté.

  The cultural traditions were maintained within the community.

  In this case, 'maintenues' reflects the act of preserving traditions through continuous effort or guidance.