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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In 2018, a lion escaped its enclosure and killed a recent college graduate at a North Carolina conservatory during a routine cleaning.
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CBS News, 1 Dec. 2025
Brower and DaCosta loved the idea of moving the scene into the glass conservatory — only Gabler would have something as wild as that.
—Leia Mendoza, Variety, 29 Oct. 2025
During this period, Roosevelt also replaced the old conservatories with new executive offices, establishing what became known as the West Wing.
—Ashley J. Dimella, FOXNews.com, 25 Oct. 2025
Earlier planning applications show that the local authorities granted permission to build a single-story property to accommodate police officers protecting the site in 1990, and permission was given for the construction of a conservatory in 2001.
—Lianne Kolirin, CNN Money, 24 Oct. 2025
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greenhouse
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Donors purchased the greenhouses for $14 million and donated them to Palestinian farmers, but the initiative led nowhere.—
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The region sat close to the planet’s equator, resulting in a greenhouse-like environment with high humidity and warm temperatures.—
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“Conservatory.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/conservatory. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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