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as in type
one of the units into which a whole is divided on the basis of a common characteristic
a music that is now generally regarded as a distinct species of rap
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as in kind
a number of persons or things that are grouped together because they have something in common
in the late 1960s there emerged a new species of actor: edgy and not conventionally handsome
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as in world
human beings in general
the future of the species may well depend on our willingness to limit the impact of an ever-increasing population
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Recent Examples of species
As a species native to places like India, Burma, and China, this species is a new kind of predator that Florida’s native fish and wildlife aren’t used to competing with.
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Dac Collins, Outdoor Life, 12 Mar. 2026
This rapid comeback is a process biologists call evolutionary rescue, which happens when a species is able to recover from the threat of extinction by an external factor such as a drought, Anstett explained.
—Jacopo Prisco, CNN Money, 12 Mar. 2026
By sequencing the bacteria found in older mice’s feces, the researchers identified a culprit—a species of bacteria called Parabacteroides goldsteinii.
—Jackie Flynn Mogensen, Scientific American, 11 Mar. 2026
Another species is the drywood termite, which nests inside the walls of houses.
—Sacbee.com, 10 Mar. 2026
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Dac Collins, Outdoor Life, 12 Mar. 2026
This rapid comeback is a process biologists call evolutionary rescue, which happens when a species is able to recover from the threat of extinction by an external factor such as a drought, Anstett explained.
—Jacopo Prisco, CNN Money, 12 Mar. 2026
By sequencing the bacteria found in older mice’s feces, the researchers identified a culprit—a species of bacteria called Parabacteroides goldsteinii.
—Jackie Flynn Mogensen, Scientific American, 11 Mar. 2026
Another species is the drywood termite, which nests inside the walls of houses.
—Sacbee.com, 10 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for species
Noun
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The issue reflects continuing shifts across the culinary world.—
Brock Keeling,
Oc Register,
12 Mar. 2026
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In a different world, the A’s would have executed this strategy with their players in Oakland.—
Evan Drellich,
New York Times,
12 Mar. 2026
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One kind and patient spectator conscripted to play the school counselor had to remove her shoe to improvise a sock puppet, one of the tools of her empathetic practice.—
Theater Critic,
Los Angeles Times,
13 Mar. 2026
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The Sacramento International Airport launched outposts of three local restaurants and a first-of-its-kind cafe and market concept Thursday as part of its major dining overhaul project.—
Camila Pedrosa,
Sacbee.com,
13 Mar. 2026
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Curiosity breeds knowledge, and knowledge breeds resilience.—
Dr. Deepika Chopra,
Flow Space,
10 Mar. 2026
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Other talkative breeds include the oriental shorthair, the Balinese, the Japanese bobtail, the Tonkinese, the Burmese, the sphynx, and the Bengal.—
Joan Morris,
Mercury News,
9 Mar. 2026
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What beautiful, intricate humanity.—
Brian Niemietz,
New York Daily News,
14 Mar. 2026
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That’s the far future, as of 2026, of star-formation and of what stars will persist, to the best of humanity’s current knowledge.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
13 Mar. 2026
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As Lindo and Jordan were introducing the visual effects category, Scottish campaigner John Davidson, who has Tourette syndrome, blurted out the N-word.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
12 Mar. 2026
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In fact, the Academy has nominated two women in this category only once in almost 100 years—Zhao for Nomadland and Emerald Fennell for Promising Young Woman, back in 2021.—
Radhika Seth,
Vogue,
11 Mar. 2026
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Her liberty cap bears stars and stripes, at once a symbol of our burgeoning Nation and a reference to early American coinage.—
Jeanine Santucci,
USA Today,
14 Mar. 2026
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Bam paraded to the stripe and accepted their charity.—
Bennett Durando,
Denver Post,
14 Mar. 2026
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The species belongs to the genus Scorpiops and shares anatomical features with related Euscorpiops species.—
Hanna Wickes,
Charlotte Observer,
10 Mar. 2026
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Identifying Coyotes As part of the same genus as domestic dogs, coyotes may resemble a dog from a distance.—
Arricca Elin SanSone,
Southern Living,
9 Mar. 2026
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Or, as would be more accurate for the genre, a devil gets its horns.—
Chase Hutchinson,
IndieWire,
14 Mar. 2026
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Social media is basically unscripted and its rise has backstopped the once humble entertainment genre and is helping propel it.—
Jill Goldsmith,
Deadline,
14 Mar. 2026
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“Species.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/species. Accessed 17 Mar. 2026.
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