Moving an entire selection in the timeline, keeping selection in tact?

Hello, is it possible to make a selection and that lock the length of the selection in place while you move it to another location on the timeline?
Or if not, is it possible to set a marker range and lock that in place then drag the marker range to another location keeping it's length in tact?

If you group a selection of clips, they are locked in relative time. So if you pick the group up and drag it somewhere else, all those relationships remain intact.
You make the selection by Ctrl-clicking on the clips you want to group, and then right-click and select the group option, or simply hit Ctrl-G. You also have the choice of locking the group in absolute place, or unlocking it and keeping the clips in relative place.

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