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as in preservation
the careful maintaining and protection of something valuable especially in its natural or original state
everyone has a duty to aid in the conservation of our nation's wilderness areas
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as in maintenance
the act or activity of keeping something in an existing and usually satisfactory condition
the conservation of the nation's monuments and memorials
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After two decades of re-wilding and conservation efforts to mitigate the damage caused by livestock grazing, the area is home to around 3,000 guanacos (a cousin of the llama), 25 adult pumas, 150 Darwin’s rheas (similar to an ostrich), and a small but growing population of endangered guemal deer.
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Mary Holland, airmail.news, 11 Jan. 2025
Now, 456 years later, countries across the world employ similar national lottery systems to generate revenue for everything from public education to environmental conservation efforts and infrastructure repairs.
—Karissa Waddick, USA TODAY, 11 Jan. 2025
By October 2019, the island was declared free of invasive rodents, marking a monumental success in conservation history.
—Scott Travers, Forbes, 9 Jan. 2025
The enduring guilt from this defacement was what had sparked his lifelong devotion to the ruins’ conservation.
—Youmna Melhem Chamieh, Harper's Magazine, 2 Jan. 2025
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Mary Holland, airmail.news, 11 Jan. 2025
Now, 456 years later, countries across the world employ similar national lottery systems to generate revenue for everything from public education to environmental conservation efforts and infrastructure repairs.
—Karissa Waddick, USA TODAY, 11 Jan. 2025
By October 2019, the island was declared free of invasive rodents, marking a monumental success in conservation history.
—Scott Travers, Forbes, 9 Jan. 2025
The enduring guilt from this defacement was what had sparked his lifelong devotion to the ruins’ conservation.
—Youmna Melhem Chamieh, Harper's Magazine, 2 Jan. 2025
See all Example Sentences for conservation
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“Conservation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/conservation. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.
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