: a major ecological community type (such as tropical rainforest, grassland, or desert)
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Brasília was built from scratch, in the middle of nowhere, in the hostile climate of the Cerrado—a savanna-like biome—hundreds of miles from any highway, railway, or airport.
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Sophia La Banca, JSTOR Daily, 11 Mar. 2026
But if access can be secured and the computational infrastructure scaled to match, such efforts could transform natural history museums from static repositories into dynamic digital biomes.
—IEEE Spectrum, 5 Mar. 2026
Across the world’s six biomes, Roar league players are bona fide icons, selling out arenas and ducking the paparazzi.
—Payton Turkeltaub, Variety, 13 Feb. 2026
The game is a version of basketball in which robust animals play hoops within their unique biomes.
—Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 11 Feb. 2026
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Sophia La Banca, JSTOR Daily, 11 Mar. 2026
But if access can be secured and the computational infrastructure scaled to match, such efforts could transform natural history museums from static repositories into dynamic digital biomes.
—IEEE Spectrum, 5 Mar. 2026
Across the world’s six biomes, Roar league players are bona fide icons, selling out arenas and ducking the paparazzi.
—Payton Turkeltaub, Variety, 13 Feb. 2026
The game is a version of basketball in which robust animals play hoops within their unique biomes.
—Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 11 Feb. 2026
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“Biome.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/biome. Accessed 18 Mar. 2026.
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biome
noun
bi·ome
ˈbī-ˌōm 
: a major type of ecological community
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