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
Years prior, Livia was known as Livia Bohusz, a student at a music conservatory estranged from her family and focused on nothing else but her career as a pianist.
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Carly Tagen-Dye, PEOPLE, 16 Apr. 2026
The original geodesic-domed conservatory, which dates to 1979, is still popular (especially on chilly winter days), but the garden has also upped its outdoor game with a half-acre water garden, hillside waterfall, the Founders Garden, and Hiller Family Rain Garden.
—Ashlyn Ware, Midwest Living, 9 Apr. 2026
The structure of the conservatory feels disguised.
—Jenny Hughes, The Spruce, 9 Apr. 2026
But for the better part of the following decade, Crockett served as a movement instructor on the faculty of schools like her alma mater and conservatories like the Maggie Flanigan Studio.
—Payton Turkeltaub, Variety, 9 Apr. 2026
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Carly Tagen-Dye, PEOPLE, 16 Apr. 2026
The original geodesic-domed conservatory, which dates to 1979, is still popular (especially on chilly winter days), but the garden has also upped its outdoor game with a half-acre water garden, hillside waterfall, the Founders Garden, and Hiller Family Rain Garden.
—Ashlyn Ware, Midwest Living, 9 Apr. 2026
The structure of the conservatory feels disguised.
—Jenny Hughes, The Spruce, 9 Apr. 2026
But for the better part of the following decade, Crockett served as a movement instructor on the faculty of schools like her alma mater and conservatories like the Maggie Flanigan Studio.
—Payton Turkeltaub, Variety, 9 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for conservatory
greenhouse
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The farm is instant fun for kids, and my kids couldn’t get enough of exploring the greenhouse, fields of corn, and feeding the chickens and sheep.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
16 May 2026
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Longtime residents might remember the hot dogs and burgers making their way past eager students on field trips at the National Museum of American History’s revolving Carousel Cafeteria, or the large, greenhouse-like McDonald’s inside the Air and Space Museum.—
Fritz Hahn,
Washington Post,
15 May 2026
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“Conservatory.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/conservatory. Accessed 20 May. 2026.
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