as in preservation
the careful maintaining and protection of something valuable especially in its natural or original state
she's devoted her life to conservancy of the rain forest
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The filter-feeding species eat plankton by catching the tiny creatures on their mucus and then moving them to their mouth through the help of small hairs, according to the conservancy.
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Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 10 Feb. 2025
Just a week after the hearing ended, The Archaeological Conservancy, a national nonprofit, announced that Gales Ferry Intermodal had reached a deal to donate 3.4 acres to the conservancy.
—Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 6 Jan. 2025
Bass also maintained a 1,000-acre estate in Kent, Connecticut, with extensive gardens that, at the time of her death, family members said would likely be preserved, possibly as a land conservancy.
—Kim Velsey, Curbed, 17 Jan. 2025
The conservancy needs the money for restoration work on public lands in the basin, work that creates local jobs.
—Jake Pearson, ProPublica, 10 Feb. 2025
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Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 10 Feb. 2025
Just a week after the hearing ended, The Archaeological Conservancy, a national nonprofit, announced that Gales Ferry Intermodal had reached a deal to donate 3.4 acres to the conservancy.
—Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 6 Jan. 2025
Bass also maintained a 1,000-acre estate in Kent, Connecticut, with extensive gardens that, at the time of her death, family members said would likely be preserved, possibly as a land conservancy.
—Kim Velsey, Curbed, 17 Jan. 2025
The conservancy needs the money for restoration work on public lands in the basin, work that creates local jobs.
—Jake Pearson, ProPublica, 10 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for conservancy
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“Conservancy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/conservancy. Accessed 8 Apr. 2025.
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