How to Use conservator in a Sentence

conservator

noun
  • Oh wait, like don't look at them as a conservator.
    — Katie Hafner, Scientific American, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Lynn has served as her daughter’s conservator since it was put in place.
    — Claudia Rosenbaum, Vulture, 25 Feb. 2022
  • Acidic smoke and greasy soot are grave concerns for any conservator, but in this case, the winds held them at bay.
    — Emmett Lindner, New York Times, 7 Jan. 2023
  • What about the conservators’ wish that it be admired from the ground instead?
    — Mary Logan Bikoff, New York Times, 18 Jan. 2025
  • The decision to proceed was made not by conservators, but by heads of state.
    — Annika Erikson, Rolling Stone, 13 May 2026
  • If a school district fails to meet certain rules, the state can step in with a conservator to supervise them.
    — Talia Richman, Dallas News, 1 June 2023
  • The district will pay for the conservator’s services.
    — Jessica Ma, Dallas Morning News, 8 Jan. 2026
  • Jamie Spears receives a salary as her conservator and a large cut of his daughter’s earnings.
    — al, 28 June 2021
  • Moore agreed to send the artifact to the museum for a conservator to look at the weave of the fabric.
    — Kaila Nichols, CNN, 21 July 2024
  • Morath is required to review the need for a conservator at least every 90 days, per state law.
    — Lina Ruiz, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 7 Nov. 2025
  • On a recent day, the church was mostly empty except for the conservators.
    — Michael Casey, Los Angeles Times, 24 Dec. 2024
  • Not much else is done until the museum’s conservator arrives on the scene.
    — Deborah Vankin, Los Angeles Times, 14 Oct. 2022
  • She was joined by her son, Kyle Johnson, who has been named her legal conservator by a court.
    — Aurelie Corinthios, PEOPLE.com, 1 Aug. 2019
  • Instead, the children had the court appoint a conservator for their mother to sign on her behalf.
    — Martin Shenkman, Forbes, 6 June 2021
  • The plaster was stabilized, and a conservator worked to reattach the paint.
    — Lisa Rathke, BostonGlobe.com, 19 Aug. 2022
  • The star's father, Jamie Spears, served as the conservator of her estate.
    — Bailey Richards, People.com, 24 May 2025
  • The pop star wants to drop her father as a co-conservator and appoint someone else, and has filed motions seeking those goals.
    — Maria Puente, USA TODAY, 4 Sep. 2020
  • In the summer of 2021, Spears told a judge that her conservators forced her to work.
    — Elizabeth Wagmeister Variety Entertainment News Service, al, 11 July 2023
  • Kemp waived the right to contest the conservator’s appointment.
    — Emily Donaldson, Dallas News, 1 Sep. 2021
  • The spokesperson went on to tell The Guardian that a conservator used acetone to dissolve the glue.
    — Abigail Adams, Peoplemag, 12 Oct. 2022
  • When Coleman was hired in 2011, one of the first things on his to-do list was to find a conservator.
    — Deborah Martin, ExpressNews.com, 25 Aug. 2020
  • Jamie has been the conservator of Britney's estate for 13 years.
    — Gabrielle Chung, PEOPLE.com, 30 Sep. 2021
  • Thanks to the conservators’ work, more than a year after they were promised to return, the Nivola horses have arrived home.
    — Curbed, 12 Jan. 2024
  • Artists get the glory, but conservators are the behind-the-scenes workers who help assure that glory is lasting.
    — Carolina A. Miranda, Los Angeles Times, 20 Jan. 2024
  • After speaking with a conservator, Phelps put acid-free paper between the pages and put it in a safe-deposit box.
    — Ben Simon St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Star Tribune, 30 Oct. 2020
  • Jamie Spears has been the conservator of both her person and estate since 2008.
    — Chloe Melas, CNN, 24 Mar. 2021
  • The 5-ton ‘false door’ was installed by conservators, project managers and engineers.
    — Jennifer Rodriguez, Miami Herald, 22 Oct. 2025
  • And if Frank Lloyd Wright’s conservators have any say in the matter, eight of his buildings will soon be on that list, too.
    — Liz Stinson, Curbed, 20 Dec. 2018
  • Bynes' mother, Lynne Bynes, had been acting as her conservator and did not object to the request filed last month.
    — Paul Vercammen, Cheri Mossburg, Chloe Melas, CNN, 22 Mar. 2022
  • Andrew Kim was named conservator and will work with the state to monitor and guide improvement plans in the district.
    — Jessica Ma, Dallas Morning News, 8 Jan. 2026

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