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a situation or activity for which a person or thing is best suited
- after several false starts, she finally found her niche in the restaurant business
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the place where a plant or animal is usually or naturally found
- the platypus's niche is the waters of eastern Australia and Tasmania
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The first known use of niche was in 1610
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