national park
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an area of scenic beauty, historical importance, or the like, owned and maintained by a national government for the use of the people.
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National Parknouna mountainous volcanic region in New Zealand, in the central North Island: ski resort
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Origin of national park
An Americanism dating back to 1865–70
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Most recently, Trump administration officials considered a request from Major League Baseball to host a game at a national park, possibly Grand Teton in Wyoming.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2026
Conservation advocates have nevertheless raised concerns about the environmental impact and precedent of staging a major professional sporting event inside a national park.
From Salon ● Sep. 27, 2026
After the Calgary meeting, Zelensky was headed to Banff, a stunning Canadian national park, where he will address a cabinet retreat for Carney's Liberal government.
From Barron's ● Sep. 10, 2026
English wangled a stop during a weeklong family trip to California that included national park visits to stop by Sunset Cliffs, which he saw on social media.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026
Shenandoah National Park has just eight huts, each able to accommodate no more than eight people in comfort, ten at a pinch, in 101 miles of national park.
From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson
This was a major task, as the sites on Late Kariba’s shoreline are deep inside Matusadona National Park.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 13, 2026
The two men described the removal as part of a seven-year-old plan to renovate National Park Service sites and said the speed of the weekend tree work wasn’t unusual.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 12, 2026
The National Park Service maintained that the work was part of a restoration plan dating to 2019, before Trump’s proposed redevelopment.
From Salon ● Oct. 12, 2026
It is 06:00 and I'm meeting drone pilot Pete Short for a dawn patrol in the Cairngorms National Park.
From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2026
First, 118 miles in Virginia were rerouted to accommodate the construction of Skyline Drive through Shenandoah National Park.
From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson
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