Permian
adjective
Perm·ian
ˈpər-mē-ən 
ˈper-
ˈper-
: of, relating to, or being the last period of the Paleozoic era or the corresponding system of rocks see Geologic Time Table
Permian
noun
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But the push to bolster fossil fuel production is heightening concerns among oil field workers and first responders about the mounting dangers facing workers and Permian residents.
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Saul Elbein, The Hill, 3 Mar. 2025
Guadalupe National Park has eight of the ten highest peaks in Texas, the world’s most extensive Permian fossil reef, and 80 hiking trails through unique geological formations, like thousand-foot cliffs and rocks with dark water-ripple streaks.
—Alex Temblador, Outside Online, 23 Sep. 2024
Known as the Great Dying, the mass extinction that ended the Permian geological period was the worst of the five global catastrophic events in Earth’s history, more devastating, than the one caused by a giant asteroid that spelled doom for the dinosaurs.
—Katie Hunt, CNN, 12 Sep. 2024
The park is known for its extensive Permian fossil reef and its high peaks.
—Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 Apr. 2024
Antitrust advocates rightly note that the Exxon-Pioneer merger means the combined entity will control over 50% of the Permian oil field, but oil is, by definition, a global marketplace, and the Permian oil field is equivalent to just 5% of global production.
—Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Fortune, 7 Dec. 2023
Pioneer spent more than $10 billion buying two other Permian producers, Parsley Energy and DoublePoint Energy, in 2021.
—Clifford Krauss, New York Times, 11 Oct. 2023
In its prime, the Pampaphoneus would have weighed around 881 pounds (about the size of a full-grown cow) and reached around nine feet in length—a fearful Permian predator, to say the least.
—Sara Kiley Watson, Popular Science, 14 Sep. 2023
The team discovered that various species of gorgonopsian occupied the top predator niche in what is now Karoo Basin in South Africa throughout the approximately million years of Permian extinction.
—Jeanne Timmons, New York Times, 22 May 2023
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Saul Elbein, The Hill, 3 Mar. 2025
Guadalupe National Park has eight of the ten highest peaks in Texas, the world’s most extensive Permian fossil reef, and 80 hiking trails through unique geological formations, like thousand-foot cliffs and rocks with dark water-ripple streaks.
—Alex Temblador, Outside Online, 23 Sep. 2024
Known as the Great Dying, the mass extinction that ended the Permian geological period was the worst of the five global catastrophic events in Earth’s history, more devastating, than the one caused by a giant asteroid that spelled doom for the dinosaurs.
—Katie Hunt, CNN, 12 Sep. 2024
The park is known for its extensive Permian fossil reef and its high peaks.
—Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 Apr. 2024
Antitrust advocates rightly note that the Exxon-Pioneer merger means the combined entity will control over 50% of the Permian oil field, but oil is, by definition, a global marketplace, and the Permian oil field is equivalent to just 5% of global production.
—Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Fortune, 7 Dec. 2023
Pioneer spent more than $10 billion buying two other Permian producers, Parsley Energy and DoublePoint Energy, in 2021.
—Clifford Krauss, New York Times, 11 Oct. 2023
In its prime, the Pampaphoneus would have weighed around 881 pounds (about the size of a full-grown cow) and reached around nine feet in length—a fearful Permian predator, to say the least.
—Sara Kiley Watson, Popular Science, 14 Sep. 2023
The team discovered that various species of gorgonopsian occupied the top predator niche in what is now Karoo Basin in South Africa throughout the approximately million years of Permian extinction.
—Jeanne Timmons, New York Times, 22 May 2023
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Permian
adjective
Perm·ian
ˈpər-mē-ən
: of, relating to, or being the latest period of the Paleozoic era of geological history or the corresponding system of rocks see geologic time
Permian
noun
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