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[ney-tiv] / ˈneɪ tɪv /




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“We’ve been asking for justice for four years,” said Velásquez Delgado, a native of Toluca.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026

Meanwhile, Becerra, a California native, served as the state's attorney general and as the nation's health secretary under Democratic President Joe Biden.

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026

Before the war, he ran an art foundation in his native region of Transcarpathia in western Ukraine.

From Barron's • Jun. 10, 2026

The Massachusetts native, a former journalist, just completed a 24-city book tour while pregnant with her first child.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026

Audubon paints an active cuckoo pair within a community of other species, reaching to grasp a beetle on a magnolia bush in its native Louisiana.

From "The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science" by Joyce Sidman




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