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natural state

NOUN
Arkansas
Synonyms
WEAK
Bear State Bowie State Hot Springs State Ozark country Razorback State Toothpick State Wonder State land of opportunity
NOUN
nudeness
Synonyms
STRONG
bareness nakedness naturism nudism undress
WEAK
birthday suit the buff the nude the raw
NOUN
nudity
Synonyms
STRONG
bareness naturism nudism undress
WEAK
birthday suit the buff the nude the raw

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One cannot avoid squabbling, she wrote, because it constitutes “the natural state of people pitted against each other, helplessly furious people.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026

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

Three female Bison were released into countryside near Canterbury, Kent, in July 2022 to help restore the area to its natural state.

From BBC • Jul. 18, 2024

To green activists, as the University of Wisconsin historian William Cronon has written, restoring this long-ago, putatively natural state is a task that society is morally bound to undertake.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann