natural resource
noun
1
natural resources plural
: industrial materials and capacities (such as mineral deposits and waterpower) supplied by nature
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While the world gushes over Africa’s natural resources, trouble brews with utilizing them—pollution, corruption, human rights abuses, criminal infiltration.
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Charlie Campbell, Time, 30 Oct. 2025
Prescribed fires help reduce overgrown vegetation to help protect local communities, infrastructure and natural resources from wildfires.
—Ca Wildfire Bot, Sacbee.com, 28 Oct. 2025
Food, natural resources, jobs, ideas, and people all traversed a border that was barely monitored for large stretches.
—Dónal Gill, The Dial, 28 Oct. 2025
First off, Argentina has perhaps the most bountiful endowment of natural resources relative to population of any country in the world.
—Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 26 Oct. 2025
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Charlie Campbell, Time, 30 Oct. 2025
Prescribed fires help reduce overgrown vegetation to help protect local communities, infrastructure and natural resources from wildfires.
—Ca Wildfire Bot, Sacbee.com, 28 Oct. 2025
Food, natural resources, jobs, ideas, and people all traversed a border that was barely monitored for large stretches.
—Dónal Gill, The Dial, 28 Oct. 2025
First off, Argentina has perhaps the most bountiful endowment of natural resources relative to population of any country in the world.
—Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 26 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for natural resource
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“Natural resource.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/natural%20resource. Accessed 1 Nov. 2025.
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