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
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
“And further out one sees the sea in its natural state, and that’s beautiful. Yesterday everything was grey.”
From "Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers" by Deborah Heiligman
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