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Recent Examples of nonbiological
Similarly, corporations in the real world can be viewed as immortal, nonbiological organisms driven to grow, consume resources, and protect themselves.
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Livia Gershon,
JSTOR Daily,
29 Sep. 2025
But organic compounds can arise from either living organisms or nonbiological chemistry, making their origin uncertain.
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Dirk Schulze-Makuch,
Big Think,
17 Sep. 2025
Hurowitz also acknowledged that there are nonbiological ways to create features like the leopard spots.
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Ashley Strickland,
CNN Money,
10 Sep. 2025
But for all its stylistic brio and an overall mesmerizing look, in which even throwaway visuals (like the icy corpse of a solider frozen to his battlefield steed) sear themselves into your memory, Frankenstein remains the simple, direct story of a man and his nonbiological offspring.
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David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
9 Sep. 2025
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Livia Gershon,
JSTOR Daily,
29 Sep. 2025
But organic compounds can arise from either living organisms or nonbiological chemistry, making their origin uncertain.
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Dirk Schulze-Makuch,
Big Think,
17 Sep. 2025
Hurowitz also acknowledged that there are nonbiological ways to create features like the leopard spots.
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Ashley Strickland,
CNN Money,
10 Sep. 2025
But for all its stylistic brio and an overall mesmerizing look, in which even throwaway visuals (like the icy corpse of a solider frozen to his battlefield steed) sear themselves into your memory, Frankenstein remains the simple, direct story of a man and his nonbiological offspring.
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David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
9 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for nonbiological
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The adopted operating budget for 2026 was $883 million, a number that could inch closer to $1 billion in 2027.
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For now, the fish are functioning fine in their adopted creek.
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Original Sin follows a college-age Dexter (Patrick Gibson), who has not yet killed anyone, and focuses on his relationship with his adoptive father Harry (Christian Slater).
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Happy Father’s Day to fathers everywhere — birth fathers, stepfathers, adoptive and foster fathers, grandfathers, and all of you caring men who mentor children and fill the role of absent dads.
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“Nonbiological.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nonbiological. Accessed 2 Jul. 2026.
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