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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
Aside from acting as natural barriers against storms and floods, mangroves reduce erosion while providing vital habitats for aquatic species that help replenish fish stocks.
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Charlie Campbell, Time, 5 June 2025
Tourism, logging, poaching and other forces have eaten away at their habitat, forcing them to seek food in ever more eclectic places.
—Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 5 June 2025
The impressive team effort enables nematodes to hitch rides on passing insects to more favorable habitats and bridge otherwise untraversable gaps, Ding and her co-authors suggest.
—Lauren Leffer, Popular Science, 5 June 2025
Dwindling population Elephants, Thailand’s national animal, have seen their wild population decline in recent decades due to threats from tourism, logging, poaching and human encroachment on their habitats.
—Kocha Olarn, CNN Money, 4 June 2025
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Charlie Campbell, Time, 5 June 2025
Tourism, logging, poaching and other forces have eaten away at their habitat, forcing them to seek food in ever more eclectic places.
—Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 5 June 2025
The impressive team effort enables nematodes to hitch rides on passing insects to more favorable habitats and bridge otherwise untraversable gaps, Ding and her co-authors suggest.
—Lauren Leffer, Popular Science, 5 June 2025
Dwindling population Elephants, Thailand’s national animal, have seen their wild population decline in recent decades due to threats from tourism, logging, poaching and human encroachment on their habitats.
—Kocha Olarn, CNN Money, 4 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for habitat
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Reaction to President Donald Trump's new travel bans was swift in South Florida, home to what are believed to be the largest Venezuelan, Haitian and Cuban communities in the United States.—
Dinah Voyles Pulver,
USA Today,
8 June 2025
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Webb continued to assert his reinvention as a strikeout pitcher Saturday while delivering another dominant home start.—
Andrew Baggarly,
New York Times,
8 June 2025
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El hombre de los aguacates Vega Paredes came to the U.S. territory of Puerto Rico in 2021 in a yola, a flimsy open boat made of wood, packed with other Dominicans traversing the dangerous 80-mile stretch of ocean between the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico.—
Sergio Martínez-Beltrán,
NPR,
7 June 2025
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This came after Israel imposed an 11-week blockade on the territory in early March.—
Callum Sutherland,
Time,
7 June 2025
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At O’Neill Burke’s request, Cook County Chief Judge Tim Evans granted her prosecutors rapid access to a far broader range of records on criminal defendants than had long been the case.—
The Editorial Board,
Chicago Tribune,
8 June 2025
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Russia’s claim comes days after its forces advanced further in the northern Sumy region, bringing the region’s capital within range of drones and artillery.—
Kosta Gak,
CNN Money,
8 June 2025
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“Habitat.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/habitat. Accessed 16 Jun. 2025.
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