How to Use conservation in a Sentence

conservation

noun
  • They are trying to raise money for conservation.
  • She specializes in the conservation of furniture.
  • The researchers’ map of bais, the first of its kind, is also a map of conservation priorities.
    Zhengyang Wang, Scientific American, 2 Oct. 2024
  • On land, large solar farms might compete for space with other priorities like agriculture or habitat conservation.
    Justine Calma, The Verge, 14 Mar. 2023
  • Most of my fellow-attendees are celebrating a victory for conservation and a step toward a more even playing field for high-seas research.
    Jeffrey Marlow, The New Yorker, 9 Mar. 2023
  • Scientists brought them back 1 of 16 Plus, zoos like Chester bring in big money for conservation, says Brayshaw.
    Nell Lewis; Video By Sandy Thin, CNN, 9 Mar. 2023
  • Island is one of the world’s most important conservation spots for green turtles, or Chelonia mydas, with thousands arriving each year to lay their eggs.
    Reuters, NBC News, 16 Mar. 2023
  • To donate to the fund go to https://sazoo.org/zoo-conservation-efforts/australia-wildlife-fund/.
    Vincent T. Davis, ExpressNews.com, 23 Jan. 2020
  • The rest of the park is set aside for wildlife conservation.
    Dateline Nbc, NBC News, 7 Dec. 2022
  • The gardens will remain and most of the open space will be a conservation area.
    Steve Sadin, chicagotribune.com, 25 June 2018
  • That’s put lobsters — and the people who catch them — in the crosshairs of conservation groups.
    Patrick Whittle, BostonGlobe.com, 6 Feb. 2023
  • At that point, the bear went back to the dog and bit it, conservation officers said.
    Jared Gilmour, miamiherald, 29 May 2018
  • The six frogs in the zoo's conservation center are the latest part of that effort.
    Erin Stone, The Arizona Republic, 9 Nov. 2020
  • But the model didn’t make much of a case for conservation.
    Sharon Grigsby, Dallas News, 29 Oct. 2020
  • So far, only three percent of the seafloor in the conservation has been mapped.
    Joshua Hawkins, BGR, 11 May 2022
  • As with all things, the first rule in pangolin conservation should be to do no harm.
    Elly Pepper, Scientific American Blog Network, 5 June 2017
  • In the meantime, volunteers and conservation groups have tried to fill in the gaps.
    Maddie Ellis, Chicago Tribune, 11 Dec. 2022
  • The piece includes a 2-acre pond that would have a conservation easement placed on it.
    Stacy Ryburn, Arkansas Online, 16 Feb. 2022
  • Not being able to go to the lab, too, is hobbling conservation work.
    Matt Simon, Wired, 2 Apr. 2020
  • Tourism funds much of the world’s vital conservation work.
    Everett Potter, Forbes, 17 May 2021
  • But for some people in line, even food conservation is not enough to keep them fed all month.
    Tim Craig, Washington Post, 4 Mar. 2023
  • Because of the anchor’s size and the potential cost of conservation, the park will leave the artifact on the seafloor.
    Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 Dec. 2023
  • For the sake of water conservation, a low-flow shower head is best.
    Barbara Bellesi Zito, Better Homes & Gardens, 26 Apr. 2023
  • To hear Mary Alice in her own words about conservation and the sea turtles, go here.
    Southern Living, 14 June 2018
  • The zoo has become a hub for the conservation of the vulnerable species.
    Sophie Lewis, CBS News, 29 Aug. 2019
  • If the goal is sage-grouse conservation, alienating ranchers and driving them off the land is the worst thing to do.
    Brian Seasholes, National Review, 26 Sep. 2017
  • This recognition is not Ford's first in the world of conservation.
    Sarah Bowman, Indianapolis Star, 10 July 2018
  • The relics are being cleaned by a conservation team at Stavanger.
    Daniel Wu, Washington Post, 25 Sep. 2023
  • The couple began to think about a conservation easement a few years ago.
    Ron Wood, Arkansas Online, 16 Jan. 2023
  • But reptiles deserve our sympathy — and conservation dollars — just as much as mammals, which may seem more charismatic.
    Katie Hunt, CNN, 21 Sep. 2024

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