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the place where a plant or animal is usually or naturally found a forest in California is set aside to preserve the unique brushy, rugged habitat required by nesting California condors

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Recent Examples of habitat The proposal was leaked by a concerned state employee, James Gaddis, who opposed the potential habitat loss and later lost his job for releasing the information. Max Chesnes, Miami Herald, 23 May 2025 Another important adaptation to protect wildlife and their habitats is the protection of land near the coast that allows for coastal habitats to migrate inland as sea levels rise. Theo Burman, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 May 2025 The organization’s extensive landscape provides habitat for various resident and migratory birds–woodpeckers, waxwings, nuthatches, warblers, buntings, and tanagers, to name just a few. Jamie Siebrase, Denver Post, 22 May 2025 Genetic analyses suggest that key sea pen traits have evolved convergently in response to habitat depth and substrate type. Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 18 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for habitat
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  • Reaction to President Donald Trump's new travel bans was swift in South Florida, home to what are believed to be the largest Venezuelan, Haitian and Cuban communities in the United States.
    Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA Today, 8 June 2025
  • Webb continued to assert his reinvention as a strikeout pitcher Saturday while delivering another dominant home start.
    Andrew Baggarly, New York Times, 8 June 2025
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  • El hombre de los aguacates Vega Paredes came to the U.S. territory of Puerto Rico in 2021 in a yola, a flimsy open boat made of wood, packed with other Dominicans traversing the dangerous 80-mile stretch of ocean between the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico.
    Sergio Martínez-Beltrán, NPR, 7 June 2025
  • This came after Israel imposed an 11-week blockade on the territory in early March.
    Callum Sutherland, Time, 7 June 2025
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  • At O’Neill Burke’s request, Cook County Chief Judge Tim Evans granted her prosecutors rapid access to a far broader range of records on criminal defendants than had long been the case.
    The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 8 June 2025
  • Russia’s claim comes days after its forces advanced further in the northern Sumy region, bringing the region’s capital within range of drones and artillery.
    Kosta Gak, CNN Money, 8 June 2025

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“Habitat.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/habitat. Accessed 11 Jun. 2025.

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