natural resource
noun
1
natural resources plural
: industrial materials and capacities (such as mineral deposits and waterpower) supplied by nature
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Many businesses are changing to alternative plastics made of natural resources to comply with new rules, instead of improving their packaging, the organization added.
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Associated Press, Quartz, 22 Apr. 2024
It is designed to reduce low-income households' energy costs and consumption of natural resources and serves about 700 needy families annually.
—Cary Spivak, Journal Sentinel, 15 Apr. 2024
Through projects that span a variety of fields — including medicine, dentistry, engineering, public health, kinesiology, and natural resources — animals have made critical contributions to human and veterinary medicine and saved countless lives.
—Jennifer Dixon, Detroit Free Press, 15 Apr. 2024
Congo is rich in natural resources: rubber, timber, oil, gas, gold, diamonds, copper, lithium, coltan, and cobalt.
—Amel Mukhtar, Vogue, 5 Mar. 2024
These are protected areas where those three agencies collaborate to conserve wildlife and ecosystems—where agriculture, natural resources, species habitat and military training needs intersect.
—Jen Guyton, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Apr. 2024
The natural resources are in high demand for use in solar panels, electric car batteries and other green technologies, among other uses.
—Katie Hunt, CNN, 3 Apr. 2024
Attempting to enhance San Diego’s iconic waterfront by improving public access, preserving natural resources, and promoting commercial uses, the necessary update will never fully satisfy all interests.
—Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Mar. 2024
Through mercantilism and colonization, Europeans sought natural resources abroad in order to increase their power at home.
—Kathleen Duval, The Atlantic, 2 Apr. 2024
Associated Press, Quartz, 22 Apr. 2024
It is designed to reduce low-income households' energy costs and consumption of natural resources and serves about 700 needy families annually.
—Cary Spivak, Journal Sentinel, 15 Apr. 2024
Through projects that span a variety of fields — including medicine, dentistry, engineering, public health, kinesiology, and natural resources — animals have made critical contributions to human and veterinary medicine and saved countless lives.
—Jennifer Dixon, Detroit Free Press, 15 Apr. 2024
Congo is rich in natural resources: rubber, timber, oil, gas, gold, diamonds, copper, lithium, coltan, and cobalt.
—Amel Mukhtar, Vogue, 5 Mar. 2024
These are protected areas where those three agencies collaborate to conserve wildlife and ecosystems—where agriculture, natural resources, species habitat and military training needs intersect.
—Jen Guyton, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Apr. 2024
The natural resources are in high demand for use in solar panels, electric car batteries and other green technologies, among other uses.
—Katie Hunt, CNN, 3 Apr. 2024
Attempting to enhance San Diego’s iconic waterfront by improving public access, preserving natural resources, and promoting commercial uses, the necessary update will never fully satisfy all interests.
—Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Mar. 2024
Through mercantilism and colonization, Europeans sought natural resources abroad in order to increase their power at home.
—Kathleen Duval, The Atlantic, 2 Apr. 2024
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“Natural resource.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/natural%20resource. Accessed 1 May. 2024.
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