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native

adjective as in domestic; not foreign

noun as in person born where they reside

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Northrop, a Washington native, enjoyed a television career that spanned more than 30 years, several networks and multiple hit dramas.

“These logics oppose nations or peoples to a racialized threat — enemies from without or within — that are said to consume or despoil the resources that belong to the natives,” Callison added.

From Salon

A native Californian and graduate of Sacramento State, Sasse settled in Canby, Ore., a small Willamette Valley town south of Portland, about three decades ago.

Thousands were sent to boarding schools far from home, where they were methodically stripped of their language, their native names, their tribal hair and clothing, their food and cultural rituals and religious practices.

The team looked at how native learning abilities determine the effect of brain stimulation applied while learning a motor task.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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