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
Sign up ahead of time on the conservancy’s website.
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Pedro Moura,
Los Angeles Times,
1 June 2026
During Derby week, the most exciting two minutes in sports becomes a vehicle to lift up the homeless coalition, the children’s help organization, the family wellness center, the parks conservancy and the recovery community.
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Ron Gallo,
Baltimore Sun,
1 June 2026
Buses of tourists and schoolchildren gather at the conservancy’s electric fence, angling for a glimpse of the tail ends of an evolutionary line that’s been stretching back to the time horses were the size of dogs and the continent of Australia had not yet broken free of Antarctica.
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Alex Morris,
Rolling Stone,
19 May 2026
But basically many of these community run or private conservancies, because some of the private conservancies have now transferred their rights back to the communities.
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AFAR Media,
15 May 2026
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Pedro Moura,
Los Angeles Times,
1 June 2026
During Derby week, the most exciting two minutes in sports becomes a vehicle to lift up the homeless coalition, the children’s help organization, the family wellness center, the parks conservancy and the recovery community.
—
Ron Gallo,
Baltimore Sun,
1 June 2026
Buses of tourists and schoolchildren gather at the conservancy’s electric fence, angling for a glimpse of the tail ends of an evolutionary line that’s been stretching back to the time horses were the size of dogs and the continent of Australia had not yet broken free of Antarctica.
—
Alex Morris,
Rolling Stone,
19 May 2026
But basically many of these community run or private conservancies, because some of the private conservancies have now transferred their rights back to the communities.
—
AFAR Media,
15 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for conservancy
Noun
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But the show repeatedly undercuts that point of view by halfway reinforcing the age-old American assumption that crime is born of poor individual choices among an uncivilized populace, not of poverty, desperation, and preservation, both self and communal.
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One of the benefits of UNESCO designation is the promise of additional resources for preservation and protection, both of which, Alexandridis stressed, are urgently needed.
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Students in the program completed hands-on training and academic coursework while serving the remainder of their sentences as a hand crew member at a conservation camp.
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The conservation team will secure unstable paint before cleaning the works with fiber lasers.
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“Conservancy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/conservancy. Accessed 30 Jun. 2026.
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