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
Butterfly Wonderland in Scottsdale is the largest butterfly conservatory in the country.
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Paige Moore, AZCentral.com, 10 Oct. 2025
These weren’t people who studied in a conservatory.
—Melissa Ruggieri, USA Today, 10 Oct. 2025
There are tales from Catholic high school — in which Alan Cumming has provided the voice of a disapproving priest — and from musical-theater conservatory, during which Mulvaney gently goads one of the (few) straight men in her audience to perform trans allyship by playing her crush.
—Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 8 Oct. 2025
The Encore spans two decades, beginning at a prestigious Boston conservatory in 2003, where readers meet a future indie rock star who will spend the subsequent years trying to outrun her demons, per Izon.
—Bailey Richards, PEOPLE, 25 Sep. 2025
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Paige Moore, AZCentral.com, 10 Oct. 2025
These weren’t people who studied in a conservatory.
—Melissa Ruggieri, USA Today, 10 Oct. 2025
There are tales from Catholic high school — in which Alan Cumming has provided the voice of a disapproving priest — and from musical-theater conservatory, during which Mulvaney gently goads one of the (few) straight men in her audience to perform trans allyship by playing her crush.
—Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 8 Oct. 2025
The Encore spans two decades, beginning at a prestigious Boston conservatory in 2003, where readers meet a future indie rock star who will spend the subsequent years trying to outrun her demons, per Izon.
—Bailey Richards, PEOPLE, 25 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for conservatory
greenhouse
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Donors purchased the greenhouses for $14 million and donated them to Palestinian farmers, but the initiative led nowhere.—
Jon Medved,
semafor.com,
7 Nov. 2025
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The region sat close to the planet’s equator, resulting in a greenhouse-like environment with high humidity and warm temperatures.—
Irene Wright,
Miami Herald,
31 Oct. 2025
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“Conservatory.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/conservatory. Accessed 28 Nov. 2025.
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