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Definitions

natural resources

NOUN

resource from the earth

Synonyms

STRONGEST

raw material timber water

WEAK

mineral deposit natural deposit

Example Sentences

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When does a delicate nature study become an entry in a corporate ledger of natural resources?

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 3, 2026

Professor Bradshaw says this level of population growth is only possible because societies have relied heavily on fossil fuels and consumed natural resources faster than Earth can replenish them.

From Science Daily • May 27, 2026

Through their strengths in natural resources, they can enable great projects in Colombia, especially in energy and gas.

From Barron's • May 14, 2026

Like Norway, Canada sits on a rich bed of natural resources, including the third-largest oil reserves in the world.

From BBC • Apr. 27, 2026

Farmer didn’t believe in Marxism, but he was impressed, as I was, by just how much a country with little in the way of natural resources could accomplish.

From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French