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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
Steve Conroy, Boston Herald, 13 Sep. 2025
The Dallas Cowboys and offensive lineman Tyler Smith have agreed on a four-year, $96 million extension that will keep the Fort Worth native with the team through 2030, multiple sources confirmed to the Star-Telegram.
—Nick Harris, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 13 Sep. 2025
Mckinley Franklin, HollywoodReporter, 12 Sep. 2025
Kodituwakku, a native of Australia who previously managed the salary cap for an Australian Football League club, and John Garrett, general manager of player personnel, oversee Duke’s roster acquisition.
—Stewart Mandel, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2025
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Adjective
Zajicek, signed in the offseason, had thus far played all his hockey in his native Czechia but looked right at home between the pipes for the B’s.
—Steve Conroy, Boston Herald, 13 Sep. 2025
The Dallas Cowboys and offensive lineman Tyler Smith have agreed on a four-year, $96 million extension that will keep the Fort Worth native with the team through 2030, multiple sources confirmed to the Star-Telegram.
—Nick Harris, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 13 Sep. 2025
Noun
The New Zealand native is no stranger to the reality TV landscape.
—Mckinley Franklin, HollywoodReporter, 12 Sep. 2025
Kodituwakku, a native of Australia who previously managed the salary cap for an Australian Football League club, and John Garrett, general manager of player personnel, oversee Duke’s roster acquisition.
—Stewart Mandel, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for native
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The two unnamed asylum seekers who are plaintiffs in the lawsuit are a Sahrawi man — part of an ethnic group indigenous to Western Sahara — who was arrested in June, and a Colombian man arrested in late May.—
Alexandra Mendoza,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
12 Sep. 2025
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The massive construction would also ensure that the Great Nicobarese—the other indigenous people—who were displaced from their homes on the western coast of the island by the tsunami in 2004, would be forced to abandon their dream of returning to their villages.—
M. Rajshekhar,
Time,
11 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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The two firms are also considering building an oil pipeline and storage facility in Oman to help boost Iraq’s crude exports.—
Matthew Martin,
semafor.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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That prompted a frustrated Webex engineer, Eric Yuan, to quit and start Zoom, which is why WebEx looks like a crude prototype of what Zoom became.—
Dev Patnaik,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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In other words, there’s a preference for growth companies with more inherent risk.—
Sarah Min,
CNBC,
10 Sep. 2025
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But what about the algorithm's inherent biases?—
Cornelia C. Walther,
Forbes.com,
9 Sep. 2025
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Police are asking residents to call 305-474-6473 to report sightings of stray or aggressive dogs.—
Devoun Cetoute,
Miami Herald,
10 Sep. 2025
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Georgia Marcum, 21, a resident of The Cliffs and a University of Arkansas, Fayetteville student was home when the shooting began and was evacuated by police.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
10 Sep. 2025
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The Guanches were aborigines of the Canary Islands.—
JP Mangalindan,
Peoplemag,
21 Feb. 2024
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The bill’s sponsors insisted their motives were not racist, although, one of the sponsors, state Sen. Scott Beason, later recorded himself referring to black people as aborigines while wearing a wire for the FBI.—
Kyle Whitmire,
al,
22 Nov. 2019
Adjective
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The Verdict Lizard Island is rich with history (aboriginal and colonial) and is such an environmental wonder that researchers from around the world come here to study the reef.—
Christopher Cameron,
Robb Report,
30 May 2025
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The American Kennel Club (AKC) explains that village dogs are also known as primitive, aboriginal, or landrace dogs.—
Alyce Collins,
MSNBC Newsweek,
13 May 2025
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Her pieces consisted of geometric tops influenced by flowers’ natural designs and also modernized micro shorts.—
Robyn Mowatt,
Essence,
12 Sep. 2025
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Many lodges are locally run, and connections to nearby villages feel natural, not staged.—
Daniel Scheffler,
Forbes.com,
12 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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The rise of the bias cut was a silhouette on which Robbins wanted to focus, imbuing the fluid style with elements of luxury and glamour intrinsic to the aristocracy.—
Julia Teti,
Footwear News,
12 Sep. 2025
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Warren Buffett famously looks for intrinsic value rather than the current mood of the market.—
Jack Mullen,
Forbes.com,
11 Sep. 2025
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“Native.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/native. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.
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