How to Use preservationist in a Sentence

preservationist

noun
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  • And what Richards did to it might give a preservationist a heart attack.
    — Gary Gastelu, Fox News, 22 June 2018
  • The city decided to renovate and the preservationists seemed to have won the day.
    — Liz Stinson, Curbed, 17 June 2019
  • Lincoln would be getting a steam bath the next day — but first, the preservationist needed to do something about the dust and bird poop.
    — Washington Post, 29 May 2022
  • While local preservationists fought hard to keep the rails of the Nickel Plate alive, the removal project started this week, paving the way for a new rail-trail.
    — Robert Scheer, Indianapolis Star, 21 Aug. 2019
  • The dome has been plagued by cracks for centuries, and muon imaging could help preservationists figure out how to fix it.
    — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 2 Mar. 2023
  • Despite preservationists' best efforts, the Rhône Glacier may not be long for this world.
    — Michael Hardy, Wired, 26 May 2020
  • The life of Enid Sales, a preservationist and all-around polymath, sounds almost too delightful to be true.
    — Taylor Kate Brown, SFChronicle.com, 13 Nov. 2020
  • Her death was confirmed by her manager and agent, Rusty Frank, a dancer and dance preservationist.
    — Harrison Smith, BostonGlobe.com, 21 Jan. 2023
  • Saving the Dairy Cattle Barn, which dates to the 1920s, is a win for preservationists who fought against the loss of numerous historic structures at the fairgrounds.
    — Eric D. Lawrence, Detroit Free Press, 3 May 2023
  • Ryan Soniat is a preservationist in the purist camp—the sort who tries to persuade clients to install a vintage nineteen-fifties oven.
    — Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 20 Sep. 2021
  • The park’s history begins with what would have been its demise, logged for decades before preservationists thought better of felling the world’s tallest trees.
    — Chelsee Lowe, Travel + Leisure, 29 Mar. 2023
  • In 2010, as the church was on the cusp of a deal to build housing on the site, preservationists successfully got the building designated as a city landmark.
    — Mihir Zaveri, New York Times, 26 June 2023
  • The preservationists were able to find Megan’s grandfather’s final pay stub.
    — Megan Greenwell, WIRED, 27 June 2023
  • Now, thanks to the latest breed of preservationist, one that comes with social media savvy, old houses are getting a fresh spotlight.
    — New York Times, 29 Jan. 2021
  • The replication and move are factors that preservationists say may diminish the historic value of the site.
    — Andres Viglucci, Miami Herald, 24 Jan. 2024
  • In the weeks leading up to the church’s demolition, preservationists and residents had pleaded with city officials to step in to save the church.
    — Caitlin McCabe, Philly.com, 9 July 2018
  • With the theater’s ultimate fate still up in the air, the preservationists called on the property owners to protect the site from vandalism and decay.
    — George Avalos, The Mercury News, 29 Jan. 2024
  • After a fire damaged the house in the 1940s, the Upsala Foundation, a group of local preservationists, raised money to restore the home and open it as museum.
    — Pamela Babcock, chicagotribune.com, 27 Sep. 2019
  • That Maryland — and the rest of the nation — might be willing to lose these places speaks volumes about how governments and preservationists view the first lands that African-Americans were able to call their own.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 25 Oct. 2019
  • In his heart, Buddy was a true musician -- a preservationist of the music that made America.
    — Dateline Nbc, NBC News, 17 May 2022
  • In the end, both the preservationists and the developer emerged from the 4 April hearing claiming partial victory.
    — Bydavid Malakoff, science.org, 11 Apr. 2023
  • City Council also voted 6-1 to relocate the historic Lace House over the protests of historic preservationists to make room for a parking lot.
    — Anna Staver, The Denver Post, 23 Sep. 2019
  • At the same time — and this is something that a lot of modernist preservationists are contending with — the lifespan of a lot of modernist buildings just wasn’t what some Beaux-Arts palace of the late 19th century would be.
    — Julia Wick, latimes.com, 7 June 2019
  • Where was the sidewalk preservationist to turn for help in identifying the houses that could be Mission, Prairie, Craftsman, Tudors, and more?
    — Alexandra Lange, Curbed, 6 June 2019
  • Salvage crews were hunting for artifacts to bring back up, over the objections of preservationists who said the wreck should be honored as the graveyard of more than 1,500 people.
    — Alan Yuhas, New York Times, 19 June 2023
  • The 82-year-old was known as the tribe's historian and cultural preservationist, playing a key role in the creation of the first Apache-English dictionary.
    — Chelsea Curtis, The Arizona Republic, 4 Oct. 2020
  • This event brought together teachers, preservationists and activists to acknowledge the harm done to those who lived through the civil rights movement.
    — Alaina Bookman | Abookman@al.com, al, 15 Sep. 2023
  • Over the past few years, Abdiel has become both a hustle preservationist and a hustle evangelist.
    — New York Times, 7 July 2022
  • Chef Alison Settle was hand-picked by land preservationist Steve Wilson to run the restaurant on his latest project.
    — Dahlia Ghabour, The Courier-Journal, 16 Mar. 2020
  • In this talk, Paul K. Williams (who is also a historic preservationist) discusses the history of both spots, plus behind-the-scenes stories.
    — Chris Kelly, Washington Post, 20 July 2023

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