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conservation

[kon-ser-vey-shuhn] / ˌkɒn sərˈveɪ ʃən /


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From an overlook, Yehuda Ben-hamo, Wildcoast’s coastal conservation manager, shook his head as waterfalls of sewage roared below.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 4, 2026

"We work with and support partner organisations and volunteer red squirrel groups as part of our conservation activity."

From BBC • May 2, 2026

Varet, who lives in Trabuco Canyon, has a Ph.D in art history, criticism and conservation from Columbia University.

From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2026

Of the millions of species on Earth, she notes, only a tiny fraction qualify as the sort of “charismatic megafauna” that receive serious efforts at conservation and protection.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 30, 2026

As the gravitational collapse continued, the primordial galaxies spun increasingly faster, because of the conservation of angular momentum.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan




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