Examples of undomesticated in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web These undomesticated strains appear at harvest time, when farmers select their tamer, more pampered kin for replanting. — Helen Sullivan, The New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2021 In some locations this would have set up a scenario in which domestic escapees likely swapped genes with their undomesticated ancestors, potentially diluting or even, in a slightly Oedipal turn, eliminating truly wild cannabis. — Alex Fox, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 July 2021 Eisen, an avid birder, likens this database to a first draft of a field guide for Earth’s undomesticated microbes. — Monique Brouillette, Wired, 18 Dec. 2020 The species was thought to be extinct in the wild until the early 20th century when a supposedly undomesticated population was found in western China. — Sarah Gibbens, Environment, 30 Nov. 2020 Wild like humans ate for 99% of their history: hunting and gathering undomesticated and uncultivated foods. — Rien Fertel, WSJ, 24 Aug. 2020 Scientists have since found undomesticated populations of the species across tropical Africa. — Joshua Sokol, The Atlantic, 20 Aug. 2020 As wild places across the world vanish, so, too, do undomesticated or uncultivated plant and animal species. — Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 June 2020 In a statement on Facebook, local government official said camels and other feral – which essentially means wild, undomesticated animals – are searching for water. — Jordan Culver, USA TODAY, 8 Jan. 2020 See More

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