Definition of "refuges" [refuges]

• Plural form of refuge. (noun)

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• "Mandated steel shot on many state and federally-owned refuges is mostly a lot of politically correct B.S. For example, there are grasslands in South Dakota where you must use non-toxic shot."
• "The Magdalene movement in Ireland was quickly appropriated by the Catholic Church, and the homes, which were initially intended to be merely short-term refuges, increasingly turned into long-term institutions."
• "The U.S. Fish and Wildlife S.rvice says hatcheries like the one at Dexter have become increasingly important as both short-term refuges and long-term breeding facilities for some species."