natural state
Example Sentences
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As a heat wave dries Germany's rivers, government ministers are at odds over what to do about it -- re-engineer the waterways or restore them to their natural state.
From Barron's ● Aug. 13, 2026
"The natural state for bands is entropy. Everything falls to chaos. But it's kind of amazing, because it's happened the other way around for us," he says.
From BBC ● Jul. 11, 2026
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
It’s about the belief that hierarchy, submission and obedience are the natural state of the world.
From Salon ● Mar. 29, 2025
All around me the happy atmosphere resumed its natural state.
From "Where the Red Fern Grows" by Wilson Rawls
