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as in preservation
the careful maintaining and protection of something valuable especially in its natural or original state everyone has a duty to aid in the conservation of our nation's wilderness areas

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Recent Examples of conservation In 2021, the Shawnee Tribe commissioned the Architectural Resources Group — an architectural firm that specializes in historic preservation, planning and conservation— to conduct an assessment on the site. Taylor O’Connor, Kansas City Star, 13 Mar. 2025 The Association of Zoos and Aquariums' giraffe species survival program helped the Denzer Zoo with BB's, an adult female giraffe, pregnancy as part of a conservation effort to maintain and grow the species' population. Krystal Nurse, USA TODAY, 12 Mar. 2025 Last week, Republican lawmakers in the U.S. Committee on Natural Resources argued at an oversight meeting that the Endangered Species Act was an overreach of federal authority and an ambiguous statute, as part of a broader reexamination of conservation laws. Chicago Tribune, 10 Mar. 2025 In their initial appeal to the Interior Department, the Senate Democrats stressed the critical role their conservation program has played in shaping past agreements among vying states. Sharon Udasin, The Hill, 9 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for conservation

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“Conservation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/conservation. Accessed 19 Mar. 2025.

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