as in indigenous
belonging to a particular place by birth or origin
the fish is not an endemic species of the lake, and it is rapidly devouring the native trout population
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Recent Examples of endemic
That was a possible sign of fatigue or distracted driving, some experts told CBS Austin — a problem that truckers told The Hill is endemic across an industry that pushes them to work around the clock.
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Saul Elbein, The Hill, 9 Apr. 2025
Part of the problem is that, in the Brazilian legislature, corruption and criminality are so endemic as to be inextricable from the job of governance.
—Jon Lee Anderson, New Yorker, 7 Apr. 2025
An organic farm supplies the kitchen and, through the replanting of endemic flora, the project aims to eventually sequester more than 100,000 tons of carbon a year.
—Travel + Leisure Editors, Travel + Leisure, 18 Mar. 2025
The government’s rationales for its actions range from accusations of endemic antisemitism on campuses to the participation of a transgender woman on a swim team.
—Michael S. Schmidt, New York Times, 6 Apr. 2025
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Saul Elbein, The Hill, 9 Apr. 2025
Part of the problem is that, in the Brazilian legislature, corruption and criminality are so endemic as to be inextricable from the job of governance.
—Jon Lee Anderson, New Yorker, 7 Apr. 2025
An organic farm supplies the kitchen and, through the replanting of endemic flora, the project aims to eventually sequester more than 100,000 tons of carbon a year.
—Travel + Leisure Editors, Travel + Leisure, 18 Mar. 2025
The government’s rationales for its actions range from accusations of endemic antisemitism on campuses to the participation of a transgender woman on a swim team.
—Michael S. Schmidt, New York Times, 6 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for endemic
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Meanwhile, artifacts preserved along the Bad Pass Trail mark a route once used by indigenous communities over thousands of years.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Apr. 2025
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Exodus’s symbolic power extends significantly to indigenous struggles as well.—
Ed Gaskin,
Boston Herald,
12 Apr. 2025
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The evolutionary anthropologist Joseph Henrich has summoned the example of the aboriginal Tasmanians, who were cut off from mainland Australia about ten thousand years ago.—
Gideon Lewis-Kraus,
The New Yorker,
24 Feb. 2025
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Before the colonization of Australia, many aboriginal people buried dingoes with rites indistinguishable from those used for humans.—
Rafil Kroll-Zaidi,
Harper's Magazine,
2 Jan. 2024
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“Endemic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/endemic. Accessed 2 May. 2025.
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