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natural resources

British  

plural noun

  1. naturally occurring materials such as coal, fertile land, etc, that can be used by man

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
natural resources Cultural  

  1. Factors of production not created (though harnessed) by effort. Minerals and fossil fuels are examples of natural resources.

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It has 140 million people, a $2.2 trillion economy, and vast natural resources.

From Barron's

Greenland is rich in natural resources, such as metals and other rare-earth minerals.

From The Wall Street Journal

Yet today countries like Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia are stuck, seemingly unable to move up the value chain and break out of economies dependent on natural resources and manufacturing components for foreign products.

From BBC

The requests included more powers over natural resources, the Crown Estate, and policing and justice, which have mostly been rejected by the UK government.

From BBC

Hamilton, eyeing the region’s natural resources to support his vision of an industrialized U.S., proposed backing Miranda with American troops and a British fleet.

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