How to Use conserve in a Sentence

conserve

verb
  • Don't run around too much—you need to conserve your strength.
  • We need to conserve our natural resources.
  • With so little rain, everyone had to conserve water.
  • But the debate over whether to conserve or kill them goes back decades.
    Diana Durán, Washington Post, 3 Mar. 2023
  • The idea was put in place to conserve fuel and keep things standard.
    Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 8 Mar. 2024
  • Its school district has moved to a four-day week to conserve water.
    Shannon Najmabadi, WSJ, 14 Nov. 2023
  • Even if the state is ever out of a drought, people still need to conserve water, Duer said.
    Megan Banta, The Salt Lake Tribune, 20 July 2023
  • There are ones that help save cats and dogs or conserve rainforests, among a bunch of other great causes.
    Brenda Stolyar, WIRED, 7 Dec. 2023
  • What’s Great About It The integrated timer turns lights on for six hours and off for 18 hours to conserve the battery.
    Jenna Sims, Southern Living, 28 Nov. 2023
  • As long as the strike is short and limited to a few plants, Mr. Fain’s strategy helps the union conserve its $825 million strike fund.
    Laurent Belsie, The Christian Science Monitor, 22 Sep. 2023
  • There are plenty of travel-friendly options that weigh in at just about 1.5 pounds, and many fold to help conserve even more space.
    Brigitt Earley, Glamour, 18 July 2023
  • Use mulch: Apply mulch around the base of your plants to conserve soil moisture and reduce the need for frequent watering.
    Tiffany Acosta arizona Republic, The Arizona Republic, 27 July 2023
  • This indicates that the epitope of 12-19 is largely conserved, at least so far in the pandemic.
    William A. Haseltine, Forbes, 18 Apr. 2023
  • But Texans can do their part to conserve energy, Seng said.
    Adithi Ramakrishnan, Dallas News, 13 June 2023
  • The genes that orchestrate the segmentation clock are conserved across species.
    Quanta Magazine, 18 Sep. 2023
  • This suitcase gives you more space than the carry-on, with easy nesting to conserve storage — the medium fits snugly inside the large.
    Madison Yauger, Peoplemag, 11 Jan. 2024
  • That forces the city to raise rates when people conserve water, which can seem like unfair punishment for customers who have done the right thing.
    David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Apr. 2023
  • Adding mulch, which is always a good idea, helps the soil to conserve water and reduces weed growth, can also help to protect the plant’s roots during the winter cold.
    oregonlive, 18 Feb. 2023
  • With 6% of Google’s global workforce slated to lose their jobs, conserving desk space should therefore be the least of Googlers’ concerns right now.
    Bychristiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 7 Mar. 2023
  • So don’t be tempted to ease up on your water conserving practices.
    Nan Sterman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 June 2023
  • The biochar — which the city produces from trees blown down in storms or damaged by the emerald ash borer beetle — traps carbon, conserves water and improves the soil.
    Glenn Gamboa, Fortune, 18 Oct. 2023
  • The county urged residents to conserve water while fire crews continued to battle brush fires in West Maui and the Upcountry to the east.
    Karin Brulliard, Washington Post, 12 Aug. 2023
  • For activists across Namibia – like the Inuit in the Arctic, or youth from small island nations – caring and conserving is the easy part.
    Melanie Stetson Freeman, The Christian Science Monitor, 3 Nov. 2023
  • The most common reason for homeowners to harvest rain is to conserve water.
    Annie Midori Atherton, Washington Post, 19 Dec. 2023
  • With the Ukrainians forced to conserve ammunition, small bands of Russian assault units were able to amass within the city itself.
    Marc Santora, New York Times, 15 Feb. 2024
  • The researchers hope that fleshing out the personalities of the world’s largest cats will bolster ongoing efforts to conserve them in the wild.
    Byjack Tamisiea, science.org, 4 Apr. 2023
  • This not only conserves space but also helps protect your tree from damage during the off-season.
    Erin Johnson, Peoplemag, 10 Nov. 2023
  • Hunter and the freshman Young, a daunting defensive duo in the backcourt, had a plan to conserve energy, while still hounding the opposing Shuler.
    Shane Hoffmann, oregonlive, 10 Mar. 2023
  • Founded in 1951, the nonprofit works to conserve land and water globally.
    Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 8 Dec. 2023
  • The park aims to help conserve otters and other animals, and many of its more than 70 animal species are endangered.
    Caitlin O'Kane, CBS News, 12 Apr. 2023

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