national park
nounDefinition of national park
: an area of special scenic, historical, or scientific importance set aside and maintained by a national government and in the U.S. by an act of Congress
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The beach, and national parks, and hiking and that all, are a big love of mine. — Lindsay Kimble, PEOPLE.com, "Laurie Hernandez Says She Needed a 'Mental & Physical Break' from Gymnastics Before 2020 Training," 27 Aug. 2019 The fear of fires in national parks and forests increased with an explosion of campground use. — Sarah Berns, Outside Online, "Why Smokey Bear Desperately Needs a Makeover," 24 Aug. 2019 To keep it that way, most rangers are posting fire restrictions this week across national forests, state parks and national parks. — Tom Stienstra, SFChronicle.com, "Rangers posting fire restrictions across forests and state and national parks," 4 Aug. 2019 These spending cuts didn’t merely affect federal spending on everything from infrastructure to national parks and scientific research. — John Cassidy, The New Yorker, "Donald Trump and the G.O.P. Confirm Their Fiscal Conservatism Was a Sham," 26 July 2019 The group decided to name itself after former President Teddy Roosevelt, a Republican who created the United States Forest Service and established multiple national forests, bird reserves, national parks and monuments. — Andrew J. Tobias, cleveland.com, "Autism, anxiety get fresh look from Ohio medical marijuana officials: Capitol Letter," 11 July 2019 As an avid outdoorsman, I was used to hiking in the hills of Pennsylvania and Ohio, then later venturing out into national parks and public lands out west. — Patrick Connolly, orlandosentinel.com, "Central Florida Explorer: One year of adventures down, more exploring to come," 3 July 2019 Think of this as an...adventure: a week spent with a couple currently living #vanlife, a teacher and frequent solo traveler who’d been to 38 of the 59 national parks, and a lifestyle blogger from Orange County. — Megan Spurrell, Condé Nast Traveler, "Roadies: Road-Tripping the U.S. With a Bus Full of Strangers," 10 Aug. 2018 Jon Stuart-Smith, a human-wildlife conflict specialist with Parks Canada, told CBC that Friday's attack marked the first time a person had been hurt by a wolf at a national park. — Allyson Chiu, Anchorage Daily News, "‘Like ... a horror movie’: Camper saves family from wolf attack in Canada’s Banff National Park," 14 Aug. 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'national park.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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