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as in self
the set of qualities that makes a person, a group of people, or a thing different from others
it was the grotesque nature of his stories that made them a challenge to get published in mainstream magazines her nature was such that lying was never an option for her the stoic nature of that family enables them to endure one calamity after another
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as in wilderness
that part of the physical world that is removed from human habitation
needed to get out of the office and back to nature in order to clear his head
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as in kind
a number of persons or things that are grouped together because they have something in common
group together anything round: buttons, lids, coins, and other things of that nature
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as in disposition
one's characteristic attitude or mood
a boy of a quiet and shy nature
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as in essence
the quality or qualities that make a thing what it is
some artists maintain that color, light, and shadow are the very nature of painting
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Recent Examples of nature
Back in 2001, after living in cities his entire life and intent on having a connection with nature, Mike Mills doled out $131,000 for a remote 60-acre plot of land near Nevada City, California, in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada Mountains.
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Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 7 Nov. 2025
In late spring, the Badlands transform with green grasses and blooming wildflowers, perfect for photographers and nature enthusiasts.
—Karthika Gupta, Travel + Leisure, 7 Nov. 2025
The hunt is all about nature exploration and a recurring theme for Dambo’s trolls.
—Khadejeh Nikouyeh, Charlotte Observer, 7 Nov. 2025
The Moses Cone Carriage Trails offer more than 25 miles of open-air pathways to disconnect and reconnect with nature.
—Essence, 7 Nov. 2025
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Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 7 Nov. 2025
In late spring, the Badlands transform with green grasses and blooming wildflowers, perfect for photographers and nature enthusiasts.
—Karthika Gupta, Travel + Leisure, 7 Nov. 2025
The hunt is all about nature exploration and a recurring theme for Dambo’s trolls.
—Khadejeh Nikouyeh, Charlotte Observer, 7 Nov. 2025
The Moses Cone Carriage Trails offer more than 25 miles of open-air pathways to disconnect and reconnect with nature.
—Essence, 7 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for nature
Noun
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Unless the category could be brought under control, the excess threatened to self-propagate.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
5 Nov. 2025
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Recently, Weng has co-authored two studies that help ensure smooth motion and self-balance in robots.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
5 Nov. 2025
Noun
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How did Joy nearly die in the wilderness of Colorado, a place that, in a joke the film keeps repeating, is almost all white people?—
Owen Gleiberman,
Variety,
7 Nov. 2025
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At the northeast corner of the Sahara Desert, its vast wilderness marks the final leg on the African continent for those fleeing war, persecution, and lack of opportunity in search of a better life.—
Mick Krever,
CNN Money,
6 Nov. 2025
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In March 2023, the company launched a pilot production line in South Korea, the first of its kind, and began producing prototype solid-state batteries by the end of the year.—
Bojan Stojkovski,
Interesting Engineering,
2 Nov. 2025
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Those small victories brought hope, the kind that makes every extra day feel like a gift.—
Tereza Shkurtaj,
PEOPLE,
2 Nov. 2025
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Similar to Rogan’s disposition to endorse pseudoscience and bad medical advice.—
Rafael Perez,
Oc Register,
28 Oct. 2025
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The face is the same, but the conditions around the face — time of day, weather, background, the subject’s personal disposition — vary, and that changes the mood of every photo.—
Ray Mark Rinaldi,
Denver Post,
27 Oct. 2025
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Their language mimics the essence of things, evocations of items and experiences.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
3 Nov. 2025
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Although the codes are reinvented, the essence almost always remains the same.—
Tatiana Ojea,
Glamour,
2 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Always Greener, which scored 15 nominations on the annual Brit List, is a high concept script that follows a struggling artist, haunted by past failure, who is given a one-in-a-million chance to become his rich and successful doppelganger from a parallel universe.—
Max Goldbart,
Deadline,
5 Nov. 2025
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Panpsychists don’t believe in anything supernatural or outside the physical universe.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
5 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Xi’s predecessor Jiang Zemin, who served as president between 1993 and 2003, was known for his flamboyant personality, cosmopolitan flair and willingness to show off his language skills and interact with journalists.—
Chris Lau,
CNN Money,
4 Nov. 2025
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The body paint looks as if it were done with skin-tight leggings, while the television personality appears to be topless under the paint.—
Taijuan Moorman,
USA Today,
3 Nov. 2025
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Obsessed anglers who lived in Key West, and whose fiction sometimes gravitates toward horses, blood sports, and male protagonists with a masculine swagger counterbalanced by a certain reflective, existentialist temperament—the similarities between the two are obvious, yet go only so far.—
Tyler Austin Harper,
The Atlantic,
30 Oct. 2025
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Instead, attachment behaviors evolve with a child’s temperament, environment, and the parent–child relationship.—
Melissa Willets,
Parents,
28 Oct. 2025
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“Nature.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nature. Accessed 10 Nov. 2025.
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