habitats

plural of habitat
as in homes
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 The garden’s four miles of trails lead to ocean views and wind through numerous microclimates and habitats. The New York Times News Service Syndicate, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Aug. 2026 The tribe has been buying land, developing low-income housing, and restoring habitats on land and at sea to build a home for the community. John Ryan, NPR, 16 Aug. 2026 Without exception, those habitats will offer protection and will contain preferred foods. Tom Huggler, Outdoor Life, 13 Aug. 2026 The company’s founder, Jeff Bezos, envisions building space habitats that could house billions as a solution to environmental catastrophes on Earth. Marissa E. Yingling, The Conversation, 12 Aug. 2026 But Kyne cautions against complacency, as bycatch in fisheries, expanding agricultural development and proposals to extract freshwater from northern rivers continue to threaten the nursery habitats young sawfish depend on. Melissa Cristina Márquez, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026 Plus, transforming swift rivers into stagnant reservoirs alters downstream water temperatures, sediment flow, and oxygen levels, destroying the delicate habitats native fish depend on to survive. Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 10 Aug. 2026 The most significant impacts to insect populations come from human disturbances to habitats. Finnegan Belleau, Chicago Tribune, 9 Aug. 2026 The agency also urges keeping backyard poultry and chameleon supplies and habitats clean, and suggests that no one of any age kiss or snuggle their chameleons or chickens. Jen Christensen, CNN Money, 6 Aug. 2026
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  • The initial phases of Heartwood at Richmond Hill include an industrial park, retail spaces near the I-95 interchange, a three-school campus and about 1,000 homes.
    Adam Van Brimmer, AJC.com, 17 Aug. 2026
  • OpenAI and Anthropic employees could theoretically pool their IPO windfalls and buy nearly 29% of all homes in the San Francisco metro area, according to Redfin.
    Samantha Delouya, CNN Money, 17 Aug. 2026
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  • Settlements now house over 500,000 Israel captured the West Bank, along with the Gaza Strip and East Jerusalem, in the 1967 Mideast war, territories the Palestinians want for a future state.
    Joseph Krauss, Los Angeles Times, 16 Aug. 2026
  • But in the 1990s the mostly free flow of people ended, as Spain started to build what today is a complicated border fence complex to separate the European territories from Africa.
    Miguel Macias, NPR, 16 Aug. 2026
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  • This is especially true for the Sierra and North Coast ranges, where extra snowfall could come in the form of significantly higher-than-normal totals in the high peaks.
    Sean Macaday, Sacbee.com, 18 Aug. 2026
  • The Century City flagship in Los Angeles, for example, carries the full women's and men's ranges alongside its more recent scrubs business, while incorporating smart fitting rooms connected to customers' membership profiles and purchase histories.
    Mark Faithfull, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2026

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“Habitats.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/habitats. Accessed 19 Aug. 2026.

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