not natural

Example Sentences

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The latest findings strengthen the idea that ancient people, not natural forces, were responsible for moving the enormous stone across challenging terrain.

From Science Daily • Jun. 9, 2026

The leading killer of gray whales is not natural causes, disease or predators but human-made ship strikes.

From Los Angeles Times • May 21, 2026

A thoroughly uninflected, completely random space is not natural; after all, even an amoeba has a nucleus.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

Where there is no real doubt is that the particularly rapid losses of the past 40 years or so are not natural.

From BBC • Oct. 4, 2025

I’m too close to the ceiling, and it’s not natural.

From "A Soft Place to Land" by Janae Marks