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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Recent Examples of conservancy
As part of the monitoring programs, volunteers also pull data from the conservancy’s 30-plus wildlife cameras.
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Erika I. Ritchie, Oc Register, 8 May 2026
Fragile habitat The site includes ecologically significant granitic flatrock, which supports rare plants adapted to thin soils and harsh growing conditions, according to a conservancy statement.
—Joe Marusak, Charlotte Observer, 13 Apr. 2026
McRae also helped establish a model nature conservancy program in the state, which resulted in an inventory of Arkansas' natural heritage.
—Arkansas Online, 11 Apr. 2026
There are also some luxury lodgings that make sleep even dreamier than usual thanks to the otherworldly environs surrounding the bed—think waking up under the open sky in a bird’s nest structure in midst of an African wildlife conservancy.
—Kathryn Romeyn, Architectural Digest, 9 Mar. 2026
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Erika I. Ritchie, Oc Register, 8 May 2026
Fragile habitat The site includes ecologically significant granitic flatrock, which supports rare plants adapted to thin soils and harsh growing conditions, according to a conservancy statement.
—Joe Marusak, Charlotte Observer, 13 Apr. 2026
McRae also helped establish a model nature conservancy program in the state, which resulted in an inventory of Arkansas' natural heritage.
—Arkansas Online, 11 Apr. 2026
There are also some luxury lodgings that make sleep even dreamier than usual thanks to the otherworldly environs surrounding the bed—think waking up under the open sky in a bird’s nest structure in midst of an African wildlife conservancy.
—Kathryn Romeyn, Architectural Digest, 9 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for conservancy
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Still, the current legislative progress in California has to be heartening for the Stop Killing Games movement, which has seen its momentum in the UK stall a bit after a UK Parliament debate on game preservation last November.—
Jonathan M. Gitlin,
ArsTechnica,
15 May 2026
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House and Senate budget negotiators managing environmental and agricultural issues approached the special session’s first deadline with funding gaps still outstanding in areas involving citrus research, land preservation and Everglades restoration.—
Jim Turner,
Miami Herald,
15 May 2026
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The distillery is closely linked to an organic sugarcane estate and a rainforest conservation project.—
Joseph V Micallef,
Forbes.com,
17 May 2026
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Lieberg, a land manager for the conservation nonprofit Columbia Land Trust, was desperate to do his job.—
Chiara Eisner,
NPR,
17 May 2026
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“Conservancy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/conservancy. Accessed 19 May. 2026.
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