nature reserve
noun
: an area where animals and plants are protected and that has few buildings or homes
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While Nairobi National Park is fenced in on three sides, the southern border of the nature reserve is left open, according to reporting by BBC.
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Michael Nied, People.com, 21 Apr. 2025
Or catch a ferry to Lokrum Island—a 72-hectare nature reserve home to towering pine forests, a medieval Benedictine monastery (established in the 11th century), and botanical gardens where flirty peacocks flutter their feathers.
—Lewis Nunn, Forbes, 25 Feb. 2025
So far, the new species has only been found at a nature reserve in southwestern Yunnan Province, a roughly 2,060-mile drive southwest from Beijing and near the border with Myanmar.
—Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 27 Feb. 2025
The snow is gone, temperatures are rising, and the survivors have settled into a community not unlike a nature reserve that recalls the folk horrors of The Wicker Man and Apostle.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 14 Feb. 2025
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Michael Nied, People.com, 21 Apr. 2025
Or catch a ferry to Lokrum Island—a 72-hectare nature reserve home to towering pine forests, a medieval Benedictine monastery (established in the 11th century), and botanical gardens where flirty peacocks flutter their feathers.
—Lewis Nunn, Forbes, 25 Feb. 2025
So far, the new species has only been found at a nature reserve in southwestern Yunnan Province, a roughly 2,060-mile drive southwest from Beijing and near the border with Myanmar.
—Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 27 Feb. 2025
The snow is gone, temperatures are rising, and the survivors have settled into a community not unlike a nature reserve that recalls the folk horrors of The Wicker Man and Apostle.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 14 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for nature reserve
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“Nature reserve.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/nature%20reserve. Accessed 7 May. 2025.
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