pristine

Example Sentences

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Now scientists say the race is on to protect this "relatively pristine" environment from the threats of climate change and pollution.

From BBC • Mar. 7, 2026

Predicting and timing the final shape is difficult without pristine insight into the highest levels of government and the military—which no investor really has.

From Barron's • Mar. 4, 2026

"Our findings suggest that Jupiter's moons did not form as chemically pristine worlds," Mousis said.

From Science Daily • Mar. 1, 2026

Sections of the Potomac offer a nearly pristine slice of nature tucked beside the urban geography of Washington.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 19, 2026

In their eyes the land was an unoccupied, pristine wilderness.

From "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz