natives

Example Sentences

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The still-negative balance underscores the need to retain natives and to draw immigrants, many of whom are young adults.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 25, 2026

The Chinese natives are currently incarcerated at the Ventura County Main Jail and the Todd Road Jail, respectively, and face up to four years’ imprisonment followed by two years of probation.

From Los Angeles Times • May 13, 2026

Younger people — so-called digital natives — don’t realize how much this rubbish is a product of the internet.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 13, 2026

Part of this is in the rich tradition of European reporters sojourning in the United States who find casual grotesques about Americans far more lucrative and less taxing than actually trying to meet the natives.

From Slate • Mar. 10, 2026

During his voyage around the world, his encounters with natives had been startling and enlightening.

From "Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith" by Deborah Heiligman