as in greenhouse
a glass-enclosed building for growing plants
the college's conservatory is entirely devoted to cultivating and displaying orchids
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Recent Examples of conservatory
My undergrad was at Southern Oregon University, which is like a Shakespeare conservatory, because the Oregon Shakespeare Festival is there.
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Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 10 Dec. 2025
The resulting 6,000-square-foot structure, which evokes images of conservatories and greenhouses one of the owners found online, has a distinctly old-world sensibility.
—Justin Fenner, Robb Report, 6 Dec. 2025
In 2018, a lion escaped its enclosure and killed a recent college graduate at a North Carolina conservatory during a routine cleaning.
—CBS News, 1 Dec. 2025
Brower and DaCosta loved the idea of moving the scene into the glass conservatory — only Gabler would have something as wild as that.
—Leia Mendoza, Variety, 29 Oct. 2025
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Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 10 Dec. 2025
The resulting 6,000-square-foot structure, which evokes images of conservatories and greenhouses one of the owners found online, has a distinctly old-world sensibility.
—Justin Fenner, Robb Report, 6 Dec. 2025
In 2018, a lion escaped its enclosure and killed a recent college graduate at a North Carolina conservatory during a routine cleaning.
—CBS News, 1 Dec. 2025
Brower and DaCosta loved the idea of moving the scene into the glass conservatory — only Gabler would have something as wild as that.
—Leia Mendoza, Variety, 29 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for conservatory
Recent Examples of Synonyms for conservatory
greenhouse
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In the others, researchers cranked up the heat in greenhouses, approximating the effects of global warming.—
Drew Kann,
AJC.com,
12 Jan. 2026
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At one end of the greenhouse, 60-inch bean towers were set up to support the growing vines of cucumbers.—
Michele Laufik,
Martha Stewart,
12 Jan. 2026
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“Conservatory.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/conservatory. Accessed 16 Jan. 2026.
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