the natural world
noun
: all of the animals, plants, and other things existing in nature and not made or caused by people
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Anholt has long been a place where human history and the natural world intersect.
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Valerie Stimac, Forbes.com, 16 May 2025
When practiced outdoors, this experience is amplified by the sights, sounds, and scents of the natural world, making the park the perfect setting.
—Matt Rozo, Mercury News, 15 May 2025
New research has shown that without these underappreciated scavengers, diseases would run rampant throughout the natural world.
—Jack Knudson, Discover Magazine, 9 May 2025
These also appear in the natural world in areas like biology, where they are employed to analyze possible folding patterns of RNA molecules.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 1 May 2025
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Valerie Stimac, Forbes.com, 16 May 2025
When practiced outdoors, this experience is amplified by the sights, sounds, and scents of the natural world, making the park the perfect setting.
—Matt Rozo, Mercury News, 15 May 2025
New research has shown that without these underappreciated scavengers, diseases would run rampant throughout the natural world.
—Jack Knudson, Discover Magazine, 9 May 2025
These also appear in the natural world in areas like biology, where they are employed to analyze possible folding patterns of RNA molecules.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 1 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for the natural world
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“The natural world.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20natural%20world. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.
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