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the place where a plant or animal is usually or naturally found
a forest in California is set aside to preserve the unique brushy, rugged habitat required by nesting California condors
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Recent Examples of habitat
However, the experts caution that this is far from an ideal habitat.
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Sierra Leone Starks, Parents, 10 Feb. 2026
Managed through Seven Islands Land Company, the forests balance commercial harvesting with recreation and habitat protection.
—Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 10 Feb. 2026
Federal and state programs also provide protection to those species and their habitats, as well as decades of land conservation in the Southeast, wetlands protection rules, the Migratory Bird Treaty Act and other measures, the service has stated.
—Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA Today, 9 Feb. 2026
Their other opponents in that run have been Aston Villa, Paris Saint-Germain, Liverpool and Manchester City, which is quite a list, but this is the company Newcastle believe is their natural habitat.
—George Caulkin, New York Times, 8 Feb. 2026
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Sierra Leone Starks, Parents, 10 Feb. 2026
Managed through Seven Islands Land Company, the forests balance commercial harvesting with recreation and habitat protection.
—Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 10 Feb. 2026
Federal and state programs also provide protection to those species and their habitats, as well as decades of land conservation in the Southeast, wetlands protection rules, the Migratory Bird Treaty Act and other measures, the service has stated.
—Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA Today, 9 Feb. 2026
Their other opponents in that run have been Aston Villa, Paris Saint-Germain, Liverpool and Manchester City, which is quite a list, but this is the company Newcastle believe is their natural habitat.
—George Caulkin, New York Times, 8 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for habitat
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Google, which owns the smart home system Nest, is now assisting law enforcement in that investigation.—
Anna Kaufman,
USA Today,
6 Feb. 2026
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In Spain's southern Andalusia region, close to 4,000 people evacuated their homes as a result of the ongoing storm, and dozens of roads remained closed because of flooding and landslides.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
6 Feb. 2026
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Researchers also learned that these 7- to 10-pound creatures, which are not much larger than a house cat, are impressively agile and travel about seven miles a day in extremely rugged territory.—
Clara Harter,
Los Angeles Times,
11 Feb. 2026
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The legislation defines crimes such as bank robberies and the use of violence to dominate territories or economic activities, with sentences reaching up to 66 years.—
Evandro Cruz Silva,
The Dial,
10 Feb. 2026
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The lumber yard manager typically pays in the $300 range to heat his 1,500-square-foot house in Cincinnati, Ohio.—
Tami Luhby,
CNN Money,
12 Feb. 2026
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Long charging times and limited ranges are still two major hurdles that deter many potential EV buyers.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
12 Feb. 2026
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“Habitat.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/habitat. Accessed 17 Feb. 2026.
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