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as in indigenous
belonging to a particular place by birth or origin
though she now lived in the Northeast, she was a native Midwesterner
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as in crude
being such as found in nature and not altered by processing or refining
diamonds in their native state are not the bright, flashy gems that one might imagine
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as in inherent
being a part of the innermost nature of a person or thing
a native energy and ambition that would allow him to rise above his humble beginnings
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as in resident
a usually longtime resident of a locality
the natives seem to resent the summer tourists even though they depend upon them for their livelihood
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as in aborigine
a member of the first people to inhabit a region
the anthropologist spent two years living among the island's natives and observing and documenting their customs and traditions
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Recent Examples of native
Luke Larsen, Wired News, 27 Mar. 2025
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Adam Hurly
Adam is a South Dakota native living in Lisbon (and previously San Francisco, New York, and Berlin).
—Adam Hurly, Robb Report, 27 Mar. 2025
David Faris, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 Apr. 2025
The California native, whose shop is in Ventura, shaped his first boards in a shed in his grandfather’s back yard in 1991 and started his own label the next year.
—Rima Suqi, Forbes.com, 12 Apr. 2025
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Adjective
Cyberpunk 2077 is the most noteworthy example right now, hyped up for its all-in ray tracing features and native implementation of multi-frame generation.
—Luke Larsen, Wired News, 27 Mar. 2025
Buy Now on Macy's (L'eau): $113 Buy Now on Macy's (Le Sel): $130
Adam Hurly
Adam is a South Dakota native living in Lisbon (and previously San Francisco, New York, and Berlin).
—Adam Hurly, Robb Report, 27 Mar. 2025
Noun
The Modesto, California native carded seven birdies and four bogeys on Thursday for a share of 5th place.
—David Faris, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 Apr. 2025
The California native, whose shop is in Ventura, shaped his first boards in a shed in his grandfather’s back yard in 1991 and started his own label the next year.
—Rima Suqi, Forbes.com, 12 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for native
Adjective
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Meanwhile, artifacts preserved along the Bad Pass Trail mark a route once used by indigenous communities over thousands of years.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Apr. 2025
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Exodus’s symbolic power extends significantly to indigenous struggles as well.—
Ed Gaskin,
Boston Herald,
12 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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The spill killed 11 people and injured 17 others as 210 million gallons of crude oil were released into the Gulf of Mexico (recently renamed by the U.S. government as Gulf of America) for a total of 87 days.—
Terry Collins,
USA Today,
20 Apr. 2025
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But recently the price of Russian crude oil, called Urals, has dipped close to $50 per barrel.—
Laura Kelly,
The Hill,
18 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Saw no inherent contradiction between beauty and use.—
Jackson Arn,
The New Yorker,
10 Mar. 2025
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The diversity of approaches—from China's emphasis on computational speed to Google's focus on error correction and Microsoft's topological architecture—reflects different strategies for overcoming quantum computing's inherent challenges.—
Luis E. Romero,
Forbes,
10 Mar. 2025
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Coral Gables residents headed to the polls Tuesday to decide on a mayor and two city commissioners in an election season characterized by mudslinging and allegations of intimidation.—
Tess Riski,
Miami Herald,
9 Apr. 2025
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Affirmative votes on each bond would lead to a property tax increase for Independence residents, which city officials have said will be phased in slowly over time.—
Ilana Arougheti,
Kansas City Star,
9 Apr. 2025
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The Guanches were aborigines of the Canary Islands.—
JP Mangalindan,
Peoplemag,
21 Feb. 2024
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Breuil based his conclusions on contemporary anthropological observations of the Arunta aborigines in central Australia.—
Roger Lewin,
Discover Magazine,
11 Nov. 2019
Adjective
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The evolutionary anthropologist Joseph Henrich has summoned the example of the aboriginal Tasmanians, who were cut off from mainland Australia about ten thousand years ago.—
Gideon Lewis-Kraus,
The New Yorker,
24 Feb. 2025
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Before the colonization of Australia, many aboriginal people buried dingoes with rites indistinguishable from those used for humans.—
Rafil Kroll-Zaidi,
Harper's Magazine,
2 Jan. 2024
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While poaching and a loss of natural prey also contribute to the snow leopard’s decline, communities are working to foster peaceful coexistence between herders and wildlife.—
Troy Aidan Sambajon,
Christian Science Monitor,
14 Apr. 2025
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Their work spans both natural and built environments, and is committed to the discovery of new material and social possibilities.—
Anna Cafolla,
Vogue,
14 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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In fact, gardening ranked among the top five activities that participants found most meaningful, which speaks to the deep, intrinsic satisfaction such hobbies bring.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes.com,
14 Apr. 2025
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The most important factor behind a player’s intrinsic value is their quality.—
Jacob Whitehead,
New York Times,
9 Apr. 2025
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“Native.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/native. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.
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