PRESERVATIONIST Synonyms: 19 Similar and Opposite Words

preservationist

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as in conservator

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Recent Examples of preservationist The growing slate of projects has drawn legal challenges from preservationist groups and raised questions about the cost to taxpayers. — Justine McDaniel, Los Angeles Times, 2 July 2026 Since the ‘90s, Kedar Massenburg has occupied a unique space in Black music culture — part visionary, part architect, part cultural preservationist. — Datwon Thomas, VIBE.com, 22 May 2026 Throughout her career, Totó remained both a preservationist and an innovator. — Preezy Brown, Rolling Stone, 19 May 2026 Kyle Thomas, the rock preservationist known as King Tuff, would call it the same. — Stephen Thomas Erlewine, Pitchfork, 15 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for preservationist

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Vibration monitors would provide some objectivity, said Leila Sauvage, a paper conservator at the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam who specializes in the impacts of vibration on art.

— Rachel Treisman, NPR, 20 Aug. 2026
The most telling details of the painting are revealed through technical analysis, using a number of scans and a conservator’s favorite tool — the headband magnifiers known as optivisors.

— Anthony Solorzano, Los Angeles Times, 18 Aug. 2026

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