in nature

idiom

: having such a quality or qualities
Her writing is humorous in nature.

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These two events, both historical and contemporary in nature, resulted in the loss of many Puerto Rican lives. Taylor Crumpton, Time, 10 Feb. 2026 Police said that the preliminary investigation showed that the incident is domestic in nature, and there is no threat to the public. Steven Yablonski, CBS News, 10 Feb. 2026 Just as startling to contemporaneous readers was a description, predating Darwin by almost a decade, of the omnipresence of violence in nature. Kathryn Schulz, New Yorker, 9 Feb. 2026 Spending at least one hour a week outside in nature with your phone turned off or left behind, Killen said. Stephanie Anderson Witmer, Health, 9 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for in nature

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“In nature.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/in%20nature. Accessed 14 Feb. 2026.

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