food chain
noun
1
: an arrangement of the organisms of an ecological community according to the order of predation in which each uses the next usually lower member as a food source
2
: a hierarchy based on power or importance
at the top of the corporate food chain
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The fast food chain launched its Official Dunks Menu, which included the fries and Frosty, on March 16.
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Greta Cross, USA Today, 18 Mar. 2026
The animals that once sat at the top of Taiwan’s food chain disappeared, and nothing has filled their ecological role since.
—Hanna Wickes, Miami Herald, 17 Mar. 2026
More studies will be needed in the future to study how these chemicals accumulate within the food chain, Petras added.
—Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 16 Mar. 2026
That food chain eventually feeds larger marine life like tuna.
—Lauren Sommer, NPR, 13 Mar. 2026
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Greta Cross, USA Today, 18 Mar. 2026
The animals that once sat at the top of Taiwan’s food chain disappeared, and nothing has filled their ecological role since.
—Hanna Wickes, Miami Herald, 17 Mar. 2026
More studies will be needed in the future to study how these chemicals accumulate within the food chain, Petras added.
—Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 16 Mar. 2026
That food chain eventually feeds larger marine life like tuna.
—Lauren Sommer, NPR, 13 Mar. 2026
See All Example Sentences for food chain
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“Food chain.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/food%20chain. Accessed 24 Mar. 2026.
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