conservatories

plural of conservatory
as in greenhouses
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 conservatories The Badajoz court found that the position awarded to Sánchez, overseeing the province’s music conservatories, was created without any genuine administrative need and responded instead to ‌his personal interests. Reuters, NBC news, 14 July 2026 Thanks to this mild microclimate, Lake Garda became the most northerly place in Europe to commercially produce lemons in the 18th century, with conservatories still in use on the western shore in towns like Limone sul Garda. Rebecca Ann Hughes, Forbes.com, 8 July 2026 The system, Said insists, isn’t simply preserved in conservatories or academic settings. Daniel Scheffler, SPIN, 15 June 2026 Schwerner oversaw the landscape management of 9,500 acres, including natural areas, lakefronts, and major gardens, supervised forestry operations caring for its 180,000 trees, provided executive oversight for conservatories and supported major capital and restoration initiatives. News Release, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 May 2026 But for the better part of the following decade, Crockett served as a movement instructor on the faculty of schools like her alma mater and conservatories like the Maggie Flanigan Studio. Payton Turkeltaub, Variety, 9 Apr. 2026 From late June to early August, more than 250 exceptional students from over 20 countries study with distinguished faculty and guest artists from top conservatories. Ellen Carpenter, AFAR Media, 15 Jan. 2026 Still, the study’s findings challenge the emphasis on early signs of high performance that elite schools, conservatories and youth sport academies often look for when recruiting talent. Jake Angelo, Fortune, 9 Jan. 2026 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
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greenhouses
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  • Ensure your spot is at least 25 to 30 feet away from structures such as homes, sheds, greenhouses, and patios, as this tree grows quite large, reaching 30 to 40 feet tall and wide.
    SJ McShane, Martha Stewart, 2 Aug. 2026
  • That was easy enough, with thousands of plants to choose from in eight separate greenhouses.
    WUFT News, Miami Herald, 29 July 2026

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“Conservatories.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/conservatories. Accessed 15 Aug. 2026.

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