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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 habitats
This is because understanding boulder movement also helps assess surface stability, which is crucial for planning habitats, rovers, or even future mining operations.
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Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 14 Sep. 2025
Today, his focus is on Sierra Space’s Dream Chaser spaceplane and expandable habitats.
—Bernard Marr, Forbes.com, 12 Sep. 2025
Musk and Bezos have admitted that a future in which humans live safely in permanent extraterrestrial habitats is not easy or guaranteed.
—Jackie Wattles, CNN Money, 12 Sep. 2025
Dolphins can have disrupted hunting and social behaviors from loud noise, while whales may abandon critical habitats or change migration routes in response.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 11 Sep. 2025
Protection also ensures that animal habitats, especially those of wide-ranging creatures, is as free as possible from human influence.
—Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Twin Cities, 11 Sep. 2025
In 2021, the researchers and their team were on a research vessel off the California coast to study mineral-rich habitats for another project.
—Maura Fox, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Sep. 2025
The gardens cultivated in Walnut Hills are an addition to a growing conservation mission by the zoo, beyond its fences, to activate green spaces, expand tree canopies and increase pollinator habitats in local neighborhoods.
—Hailey Roden, Cincinnati Enquirer, 10 Sep. 2025
All three species belong to the Liparidae family, known to inhabit a wide range of cold ocean habitats, from shallow intertidal zones to the deepest ocean trenches 4 miles below the surface, researchers said.
—Lauren Liebhaber
september 8, Miami Herald, 8 Sep. 2025
Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 14 Sep. 2025
Today, his focus is on Sierra Space’s Dream Chaser spaceplane and expandable habitats.
—Bernard Marr, Forbes.com, 12 Sep. 2025
Musk and Bezos have admitted that a future in which humans live safely in permanent extraterrestrial habitats is not easy or guaranteed.
—Jackie Wattles, CNN Money, 12 Sep. 2025
Dolphins can have disrupted hunting and social behaviors from loud noise, while whales may abandon critical habitats or change migration routes in response.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 11 Sep. 2025
Protection also ensures that animal habitats, especially those of wide-ranging creatures, is as free as possible from human influence.
—Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Twin Cities, 11 Sep. 2025
In 2021, the researchers and their team were on a research vessel off the California coast to study mineral-rich habitats for another project.
—Maura Fox, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Sep. 2025
The gardens cultivated in Walnut Hills are an addition to a growing conservation mission by the zoo, beyond its fences, to activate green spaces, expand tree canopies and increase pollinator habitats in local neighborhoods.
—Hailey Roden, Cincinnati Enquirer, 10 Sep. 2025
All three species belong to the Liparidae family, known to inhabit a wide range of cold ocean habitats, from shallow intertidal zones to the deepest ocean trenches 4 miles below the surface, researchers said.
—Lauren Liebhaber
september 8, Miami Herald, 8 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for habitats
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As demand for electricity surged to power more electric devices in homes and Big Tech's boom in data centers, renewable energy has been the go-to source for the cheapest, fastest way to generate more juice.—
Jeff Young,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Sep. 2025
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Our homes are a backdrop to our lives.—
Amanda Lauren,
Forbes.com,
17 Sep. 2025
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Current and former national defense officials from Baltic countries told ABC News that their countries were also taking steps to prepare for potential Russian drones over their territories.—
David Brennan,
ABC News,
10 Sep. 2025
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Love Nature and Blue Ant Studios will co-produce and manage the distribution rights, bar in certain territories.—
Jesse Whittock,
Deadline,
10 Sep. 2025
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According to the standard sentencing ranges in Missouri, charges of voluntary manslaughter and first offense for armed criminal action have a maximum of 15 years in prison on each charge.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
8 Sep. 2025
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Your audience needs details, not ranges.—
Jodie Cook,
Forbes.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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“Habitats.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/habitats. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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