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as in residents
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 aborigines
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 natives
Many of these digital natives are struggling with the art of conversation, reading body language, and building rapport in person.
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Roberta Matuson, Forbes, 7 Jan. 2025
The Unrelenting Immersion In AI Some of the more recent generations are claimed to be digital natives.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes, 5 Jan. 2025
Consumers, especially younger digital natives, are using social media platforms and conversational AI tools to get answers instantly.
—Raianne Reiss, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024
The Irish punk-poets unleashed an emotional track that’s become a battle cry for the downtrodden and forgotten, and which could only be written by these working-class Dublin natives.
—Charles Moss, SPIN, 17 Dec. 2024
During a visit, guests can dine on a fresh pastel while learning about the history of Colombia’s many palenques, a type of settlement that was founded by African natives that escaped enslavement.
—Jared Ranahan, Forbes, 15 Dec. 2024
The two Topanga natives pulled up to a grove with over a dozen Home Depot buckets of water, chicken wire, and a plastic bag of coast live oak seeds that had impatiently begun sprouting in their supervisor’s fridge.
—Noah Haggerty, Los Angeles Times, 14 Dec. 2024
The other local natives are Howard Cassady (1955) and Troy Smith (2006), also Buckeyes.
—Alissa Widman Neese, Axios, 13 Dec. 2024
Gen Z, known as digital natives of technology, see work and life seamlessly happening across personal and professional spaces through technology.
—Julie Kratz, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
Roberta Matuson, Forbes, 7 Jan. 2025
The Unrelenting Immersion In AI Some of the more recent generations are claimed to be digital natives.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes, 5 Jan. 2025
Consumers, especially younger digital natives, are using social media platforms and conversational AI tools to get answers instantly.
—Raianne Reiss, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024
The Irish punk-poets unleashed an emotional track that’s become a battle cry for the downtrodden and forgotten, and which could only be written by these working-class Dublin natives.
—Charles Moss, SPIN, 17 Dec. 2024
During a visit, guests can dine on a fresh pastel while learning about the history of Colombia’s many palenques, a type of settlement that was founded by African natives that escaped enslavement.
—Jared Ranahan, Forbes, 15 Dec. 2024
The two Topanga natives pulled up to a grove with over a dozen Home Depot buckets of water, chicken wire, and a plastic bag of coast live oak seeds that had impatiently begun sprouting in their supervisor’s fridge.
—Noah Haggerty, Los Angeles Times, 14 Dec. 2024
The other local natives are Howard Cassady (1955) and Troy Smith (2006), also Buckeyes.
—Alissa Widman Neese, Axios, 13 Dec. 2024
Gen Z, known as digital natives of technology, see work and life seamlessly happening across personal and professional spaces through technology.
—Julie Kratz, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
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“Natives.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/natives. Accessed 21 Jan. 2025.
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