How to Use ecosystem in a Sentence

ecosystem

noun
Definition of ecosystemnext
  • That has put them, and not the bricks, at the center of the play ecosystem.
    — Daniel Miller, Los Angeles Times, 20 June 2024
  • Now is your chance to bid for a coral atoll ecosystem in one of the most pristine parts of the world.
    — Emma Reynolds, Forbes, 11 Nov. 2022
  • The ecosystem is rare across the globe, but much easier to find along the Gulf Coast.
    — Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 10 Feb. 2025
  • And there’s nothing like that in any part of our ecosystem.
    — Andrew Webster, The Verge, 23 Mar. 2023
  • In other words: Cheese isn’t just a snack, it’s an ecosystem.
    — Ute Eberle, Smithsonian Magazine, 30 Nov. 2022
  • In part, that’s because Mastodon is already big enough to have some sway in the ecosystem.
    — David Pierce, The Verge, 20 Apr. 2023
  • As the leader of the Android ecosystem, Google can and should do better.
    — Ron Amadeo, Ars Technica, 21 Oct. 2022
  • And as much as our ecosystems will feel the change in pollen, we — people with noses that run and eyes that itch — feel it too.
    — Michaela Mulligan, Miami Herald, 1 May 2024
  • The news media ecosystem at the time supported more than one of those jobs in town.
    — John Wenzel, The Denver Post, 13 Nov. 2024
  • At the heart of the debate about deep-sea mining is whether this can be done in a way that doesn’t harm ocean ecosystems and species.
    — Lily Kuo, Washington Post, 19 Oct. 2023
  • Meta itself is well aware of the importance of games to this nascent ecosystem.
    — Andrew R. Chow, Time, 27 Oct. 2022
  • Kobo readers a fair shake, and neither ecosystem is as good on those fronts.
    — Andrew Cunningham, Ars Technica, 10 Oct. 2022
  • Their goal, in part, is to preserve the arctic ecosystems the giants once roamed.
    — Will Sullivan, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 Mar. 2024
  • To the researchers, this change signals a less resilient ecosystem.
    — Sarah Sloat, Smithsonian Magazine, 29 Feb. 2024
  • Thanks to Leesfield, the cave ecosystem has been nominated as a Hope Spot.
    — Ashley Strickland, CNN, 5 Nov. 2022
  • Very little was known about the ecosystems in the GMR’s deeper reaches, so one of the team’s main goals was to chart their layout.
    — Jack Tamisiea, Scientific American, 2 Nov. 2023
  • Family caregivers have long been a part of the care ecosystem.
    — Jessica Kim, Fortune, 21 May 2024
  • The destruction ripples out to the rest of the ecosystem, the AP found, as the fresh water aquifer connects to the Caribbean Sea.
    — Teresa De Miguel, Megan Janetsky, and Rodrigo Abd, The Christian Science Monitor, 31 May 2024
  • This network, or ecosystem, does not need to be all women.
    — Rolling Stone Culture Council, Rolling Stone, 23 Mar. 2023
  • The fate of the reef’s ecosystem is also tied to the independent well-being of the epaulette shark, Rummer said.
    — Orlando Mayorquin, USA TODAY, 26 Aug. 2022
  • Each species that is lost triggers the loss of other species within its ecosystem.
    — Frank Witsil, Detroit Free Press, 21 Apr. 2023
  • Not only is this bad for the ecosystem, but for local fishers too.
    — John Lewis, CNN, 23 Dec. 2022
  • Cuban has expressed interest in the role Bluesky might play in the social media ecosystem in the past.
    — Matt Robison, Newsweek, 21 Nov. 2024
  • Overall, the Eufy is a great high-end option that plays nice with Alexa and Google ecosystems and works with your smart hub of choice.
    — Hunter Fenollol, Popular Mechanics, 28 Apr. 2023
  • That’s a new thing, but there is more of a dynamic and a feedback loop among the leader and the right-wing media ecosystem.
    — The Politics Of Everything, The New Republic, 29 Mar. 2023
  • Yet not much is known about how dodoes functioned in their ecosystem.
    — Christine Kenneally, Scientific American, 31 Jan. 2023
  • More than half of all that pledged land is in non-forest ecosystems, according to the study authors.
    — Popular Science, 15 Feb. 2024
  • This has damaged ecosystems for plants, wildlife and people.
    — Kate Linderman, Chicago Tribune, 24 Apr. 2023
  • This is creating a broad ecosystem to support its adoption not only in South Korea, but new markets including North America.
    — Will Townsend, Forbes, 24 Feb. 2025
  • This shift ensures our brand stays dynamic, relevant and audience-focused as digital ecosystems evolve.
    — Rolling Stone Culture Council, Rolling Stone, 21 Feb. 2025

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