natural state

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Even under Justinian law, though, a slave was property, and if freedom was a natural state, it wasn’t necessarily a permanent one.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 28, 2025

First, pessimism is the natural state for any contemplations of peace in the Middle East.

From Slate • Oct. 10, 2025

It’s about the belief that hierarchy, submission and obedience are the natural state of the world.

From Salon • Mar. 29, 2025

Other efforts to restore the watershed to a more natural state will continue for several years.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 19, 2024

Gods in their natural state are about twenty feet tall, so I could just reach the edge of the seat if I stretched my arms.

From "The Last Olympian" by Rick Riordan