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conservator

[kuhn-sur-vuh-ter, kon-ser-vay-] / kənˈsɜr və tər, ˈkɒn sərˌveɪ- /
NOUN
caretaker of collection
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“Like a doctor the conservator needs to understand the case history of the building in order to make a correct diagnosis and to prescribe the correct medicine or therapy,” Mr. Warrack says.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026

Traces of Guler's lifelong devotion to cinema can even be found in his teenage diaries from the late 1940s and 1950s, according to Temel Yilmaz, conservator and archive researcher.

From Barron's ● May 10, 2026

A conservator uncovers the shard, which bears an intense blue figure of a skylark — evidence, at least to the reader, that Alouette’s recipe endured, and a symbol of how both she and Sasha escaped.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 4, 2026

Your involvement as power of attorney or conservator would be to manage the operation for her benefit as a fiduciary.

From MarketWatch ● Jan. 26, 2026

Eventually, the student sorters were joined by six local glass menders, a professional glass conservator, and two illustrators.

From "Shipwrecked!" by Martin W. Sandler

“The best work we can do as conservators and restorers,” Mr. Warrack writes, is the “enhancement of the beauty and artistry” of the monuments’ original creators.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026

Artists and conservators watched nervously as the delicate, 11th-century artwork was transported by truck in a risky operation from its home in northern France to the British capital.

From Barron's ● Sep. 10, 2026

Happily for the conservators, their work also showed that the painting doesn’t require any kind of additional treatment.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026

The artwork will reportedly occupy a train of its own, emptied of everyone except conservators and guards, and a police escort will be provided on both sides of the Channel.

From BBC ● Jul. 1, 2026

It is the despotisms of the world that have been the conservators of civilization.

From The Shadow On The Dial, and Other Essays 1909 by S. O. (Silas Orrin) Howes




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