renewable resource

Example Sentences

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Oil is a renewable resource, but a specialized tanker is a strategic asset.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 9, 2026

Weeping for what is being lost right now, in terms of human lives and habitat degradation, but also believing that hope is indeed our one, true renewable resource.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 29, 2023

Worth noting, alginate can be extracted from beach-stranded seaweed, a renewable resource that is often regarded as a coastal waste material.

From Science Daily • Dec. 15, 2023

When it was over, the frontman stuck around onstage for a few minutes, soaking up the crowd’s adoration — a renewable resource, it turns out, but not one he sees fit to squander.

From Los Angeles Times • May 24, 2023

Dried peat moss, Sphagnum, is commonly used as fuel in some parts of Europe and is considered a renewable resource.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2015