naturally occurring

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   existing by nature and without artificial aid

   “one of the 93 naturally occurring chemical elements”

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Questions about naturally occurring

What does naturally occurring mean?

naturally occurring means "existing by nature and without artificial aid".

Is naturally occurring a common word?

naturally occurring is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.