How to Use conservationist in a Sentence

conservationist

noun
  • While not a total ban, many conservationists saw the moves as progress.
    — Brian J. Skerry, National Geographic, 11 Apr. 2018
  • This view ran counter to a lot of conservationist thought, as well as a great deal of evidence.
    — Moises Velasquez-Manoff, New York Times, 18 Apr. 2018
  • The changes put conservationists on high alert.
    — Sarah Henry, AZCentral.com, 18 Feb. 2026
  • Not that conservationists will just sit back and hope evolution goes their way.
    — Matt Simon, WIRED, 29 Mar. 2018
  • Those are the exact fish conservationists want to keep in the water.
    — Billy Baker, BostonGlobe.com, 24 May 2023
  • The lead conservationist is a large, fluffy ground squirrel known as a marmot.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Feb. 2022
  • But conservationists hope to unveil a new plan by the end of the year that would reopen access.
    — Cameron Pugh, The Christian Science Monitor, 11 Dec. 2023
  • His death comes amid an increase in killings of wildlife activists, rangers and conservationists.
    — Robyn Dixon, latimes.com, 5 Feb. 2018
  • Shelling out tens of millions is the price of admission for this new breed of conservationist.
    — Michael Verdon, Robb Report, 10 Apr. 2021
  • However, there has been pushback from conservationists who say the project will hurt the land.
    — Irving Mejia-Hilario, Dallas News, 28 Aug. 2023
  • That aside, today’s conservationists tend to think that plants from elsewhere are always a bad idea.
    — The Economist, 18 Dec. 2019
  • For two decades, Delia Owens worked as a wildlife conservationist in Africa.
    — Barbara Vandenburgh, USA TODAY, 20 July 2022
  • Now, however, with help from conservationists, the world’s largest trees are spreading to new places.
    — Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 May 2025
  • Scientists and conservationists hope to ensure sharks and their neighbors get by—and not just by the skin of their teeth.
    — Katherine J. Wu, Smithsonian, 21 Dec. 2019
  • Decades later, conservationists brought the dunes back, the sand, the native plants, and the ecosystem.
    — Itay Hod, CBS News, 28 Apr. 2026
  • The wildlife conservationist opened up about how his mother inspired him in the wake of losing her husband.
    — Jordana Comiter, PEOPLE, 26 Nov. 2025
  • This new award will honor a wildlife conservationist under the age of 40.
    — Karl Schneider, The Indianapolis Star, 19 Oct. 2022
  • Scientists and conservationists have worked to counter the fear.
    — R. Daniel Foster, Forbes.com, 13 Sep. 2025
  • The benefits are not just to the farmer, conservationists say, and that’s why there’s a big push for cover crops across the nation.
    — Emily Hopkins, Cincinnati.com, 4 July 2018
  • But then, a group of local conservationists had a different idea.
    — Laura Paddison, CNN Money, 18 June 2026
  • Irwin is a wildlife conservationist and the son of the late Steve Irwin.
    — Monica Mercuri, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
  • But the world is changing so quickly that scientists and conservationists are struggling to make sense of it.
    — Ed Yong, The Atlantic, 13 Feb. 2020
  • Jane Goodall is one of the world’s most renowned conservationists and foremost experts on chimpanzees.
    — Stewart Clarke, Deadline, 18 Sep. 2024
  • Tordiffe added that the discovery gives conservationists clear evidence of what species lived in the area in a not-so-distant past.
    — Taylor Nicioli, CNN Money, 20 Feb. 2026
  • Many desert mosses are under threat, and conservationists might be able to better protect them with fungal boosts.
    — Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 21 June 2026
  • Now, in the wake of falling oil prices, Angola has begun to open to conservationists and tourists.
    — Nina Strochlic, National Geographic, 11 Oct. 2019
  • One of the seats will be reserved for a wildlife scientist, one for a conservationist, one for a hunter and angler and one for a rancher or farmer.
    — Tribune News Service, Boston Herald, 11 May 2025
  • Being the daughter of wildlife conservationists, Grace is a friend to wildlife and no stranger to adventure.
    — Esme Mazzeo, Peoplemag, 23 June 2024
  • To build a coalition to push the bill past the finish line, Pitts said, farmers partnered with conservationists who prized open space.
    — Chicago Tribune, chicagotribune.com, 14 Mar. 2018
  • Thanks to this extra moisture, conservationists know of at least five beetle and three plant species that are endemic to the region.
    — Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 4 Feb. 2026

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