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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
The Snake River is a critical habitat for a dwindling population of sockeye salmon, also commonly known as blueback salmon.
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Idaho Statesman, 22 Apr. 2026
Because of loss, degradation and fragmentation of habitats, the Mojave desert tortoise remains an endangered species in California, federal wildlife officials say.
—Sarah Linn, Sacbee.com, 22 Apr. 2026
Avoid planting when the soil is frozen, saturated, or during heat spikes above 85 degrees Fahrenheit, warns Mary Phillips, head of native plant habitat strategy at the National Wildlife Federation.
—Blythe Copeland, Martha Stewart, 21 Apr. 2026
Visitors may be able to catch a glimpse of the pups periodically from the bridge at the capybara habitat, but sightings are not guaranteed.
—Hanna Wickes, Kansas City Star, 21 Apr. 2026
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Idaho Statesman, 22 Apr. 2026
Because of loss, degradation and fragmentation of habitats, the Mojave desert tortoise remains an endangered species in California, federal wildlife officials say.
—Sarah Linn, Sacbee.com, 22 Apr. 2026
Avoid planting when the soil is frozen, saturated, or during heat spikes above 85 degrees Fahrenheit, warns Mary Phillips, head of native plant habitat strategy at the National Wildlife Federation.
—Blythe Copeland, Martha Stewart, 21 Apr. 2026
Visitors may be able to catch a glimpse of the pups periodically from the bridge at the capybara habitat, but sightings are not guaranteed.
—Hanna Wickes, Kansas City Star, 21 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for habitat
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As a child performing with his brothers at the family home in Gary, Indiana, young Michael (Juliano Krue Valdi) is beaten by his father, Joe (Colman Domingo), who demands obedience along with musical discipline.—
Sheldon Pearce,
New Yorker,
24 Apr. 2026
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Explore making home improvements with the help of others.—
Georgia Nicols,
Denver Post,
24 Apr. 2026
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The label is owned by Shaked Berenson’s Studio Dome, a multi-platform distribution company that will also sell global territory rights to the project at next month’s Cannes Film Festival.—
Matt Donnelly,
Variety,
21 Apr. 2026
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But coyotes have been steadily gaining territory, booting foxes out of any space wild enough for coyotes to live.—
Tribune News Service,
Baltimore Sun,
21 Apr. 2026
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Guardiola used a four-man ‘non-press’, where City’s forwards formed a line and waited for their opponents to find a pass, knowing that Arsenal’s centre-backs — and cup goalkeeper Kepa Arrizabalaga — had a comparatively limited passing range.—
Sam Lee,
New York Times,
23 Apr. 2026
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At MoCA, ten twentieth-century sculptures dedicated as monuments to the Lost Cause of the Confederacy commingle with a range of modern and contemporary works by nineteen artists and two collectives.—
Horace D. Ballard,
Artforum,
22 Apr. 2026
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“Habitat.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/habitat. Accessed 26 Apr. 2026.
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