the environment
noun
: the natural world
Pollution is bad for the environment.
protecting the (natural) environment
Examples of the environment in a Sentence
Recent Examples on the Web
Latino Catholics, who favor Biden by a slim margin, are more concerned about the environment than their white peers, though the economy and immigration typically rank higher than climate change, according to White, Madrid and Pew data.
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Taryn Luna, Los Angeles Times, 15 May 2024
The program, which is open to students in all grades, teaches students about ecology, the science of regenerative farming — which works to reverse the negative impacts of pollution on the environment — and how to create their own gardens in an urban setting.
—Caroline Beck, The Indianapolis Star, 14 May 2024
Still, there’s a chance some of these chemicals could seep through wastewater treatment and end up in the environment.
—Clare Mulroy, USA TODAY, 12 May 2024
So the researchers set a goal to prove their substances don't make microplastics over time because they're really being broken down by the microbes in the environment, Pomeroy said.
—Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 11 May 2024
There’s something about the way Steve recorded me and the environment in which it was done.
—Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone, 11 May 2024
And yet, our interactions with each other and our interactions with the environment produce entirely different cultures, languages, ways of thinking, and science itself.
—Quanta Magazine, 9 May 2024
Political chaos has characterized the election, which takes place amid widespread frustration with the current government and in the aftermath of major protests last year against a copper-mining contract that demonstrators said would damage the environment.
—Leila Miller, New York Times, 5 May 2024
The system draws air from the environment, compressing it and moving it through a pipe into a cavern more than 1,000 feet underground.
—Dan Gearino, WIRED, 4 May 2024
Taryn Luna, Los Angeles Times, 15 May 2024
The program, which is open to students in all grades, teaches students about ecology, the science of regenerative farming — which works to reverse the negative impacts of pollution on the environment — and how to create their own gardens in an urban setting.
—Caroline Beck, The Indianapolis Star, 14 May 2024
Still, there’s a chance some of these chemicals could seep through wastewater treatment and end up in the environment.
—Clare Mulroy, USA TODAY, 12 May 2024
So the researchers set a goal to prove their substances don't make microplastics over time because they're really being broken down by the microbes in the environment, Pomeroy said.
—Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 11 May 2024
There’s something about the way Steve recorded me and the environment in which it was done.
—Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone, 11 May 2024
And yet, our interactions with each other and our interactions with the environment produce entirely different cultures, languages, ways of thinking, and science itself.
—Quanta Magazine, 9 May 2024
Political chaos has characterized the election, which takes place amid widespread frustration with the current government and in the aftermath of major protests last year against a copper-mining contract that demonstrators said would damage the environment.
—Leila Miller, New York Times, 5 May 2024
The system draws air from the environment, compressing it and moving it through a pipe into a cavern more than 1,000 feet underground.
—Dan Gearino, WIRED, 4 May 2024
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“The environment.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20environment. Accessed 19 May. 2024.
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