home range

noun

: the area to which an animal usually confines its daily activities

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What Comes Next A species that survived under glaciers for hundreds of thousands of years now faces threats from modern commercial fishing in its narrow home range. Ryan Brennan, Miami Herald, 19 Feb. 2026 During his lifetime, Texans like him not only bred animals from Africa, Asia and elsewhere, but also participated in reintroducing them to their home ranges. Michael Barnes, Austin American Statesman, 22 Jan. 2026 The critters who drop in or call the space home range from monarch butterflies, ladybugs and lizards to hummingbirds and bushtits, skunks, opossums and even the occasional mountain lion. Caron Golden, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Jan. 2026 With sunflower sea stars suddenly all but gone from their home range, sea urchin numbers exploded, and the hungry urchin hordes descended upon kelp forests. JSTOR Daily, 17 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for home range

Word History

First Known Use

1902, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of home range was in 1902

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“Home range.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/home%20range. Accessed 9 Mar. 2026.

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