natural resource
noun
1
natural resources plural
: industrial materials and capacities (such as mineral deposits and waterpower) supplied by nature
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With limited water resources, tribal lands will increase their influence meeting our food, fiber and natural resources.
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Sasha Hupka, The Arizona Republic, 9 July 2024
Putin wants those natural resources to go to Russia.
—Marc A. Thiessen, Washington Post, 8 July 2024
This Bureau of Land Management and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service landscape once provided all the plant and animal life and other natural resources needed to sustain the Wiyot people.
—Martha Ross, The Mercury News, 1 July 2024
That information could help natural resource departments determine the effects wake boats have on lake bottoms and ecosystems.
—Christine Peterson, Outdoor Life, 20 June 2024
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Sasha Hupka, The Arizona Republic, 9 July 2024
Putin wants those natural resources to go to Russia.
—Marc A. Thiessen, Washington Post, 8 July 2024
This Bureau of Land Management and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service landscape once provided all the plant and animal life and other natural resources needed to sustain the Wiyot people.
—Martha Ross, The Mercury News, 1 July 2024
That information could help natural resource departments determine the effects wake boats have on lake bottoms and ecosystems.
—Christine Peterson, Outdoor Life, 20 June 2024
See all Example Sentences for natural resource
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“Natural resource.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/natural%20resource. Accessed 15 Jul. 2024.
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