Example Sentences

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But the problem is that preservationism in this context is likely to be self-defeating.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 29, 2022

Anderson, known for his modern designs and strong preservationism, helped restore Seattle’s Pike Place Market district and Pioneer Square neighborhood.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 12, 2022

As we use our public lands, we continue to debate whether we should be guided by preservationism or conservationism.

From Textbooks • Sep. 6, 2018

We have yet to see preservationism bond with environmentalism the way it should, twinning respect for the past with changing mores and technologies.

From The New Yorker • Nov. 17, 2014

But preservationism can also tend toward the prissy, the anal and the monomaniacal and become a kind of by-the- book undertaker's approach that makes dead and dying downtowns prettier but not quite alive.

From Time Magazine Archive