nonindigenous

Examples of nonindigenous in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Much of Washington Heights is old farmland The area's earliest nonindigenous civilization in the Washington Heights area began in 1835. Drake Bentley, Journal Sentinel, 19 Feb. 2024 The lizard may also have or spread nonindigenous parasites or pathogens to native wildlife. Amaris Encinas, USA TODAY, 3 Jan. 2024 Continent-wide risk assessment for the establishment of nonindigenous species in Antarctica. Ed Yong, Discover Magazine, 5 Mar. 2012 Approximately 6,500 nonindigenous species are in the U.S., posing risks to native plants, animals, and ecosystems—but 37 of those species are edible. Mallory Arnold, Outside Online, 21 Sep. 2022 Cher learned of Kaavan’s plight in 2016 and hired a legal team to press for his freedom, citing inhumane treatment of a nonindigenous animal. Charles McDermid and Bopha Phorn, Los Angeles Times, 26 Nov. 2020 The nearly two million indigenous peoples in Canada are also poorly served by the country’s health care system, with rates of suicide, infant mortality, and chronic disease that are much higher than those of the nonindigenous population. Nathan Whitlock, The New York Review of Books, 3 Nov. 2020 Apart from the local activity of the Urarina, other indigenous groups and some nonindigenous people, the Pastaza-Marañón peatlands remain in nearly pristine condition. Daniel Grossman, Scientific American, 5 Feb. 2020 Most of Monday’s victims were nonindigenous Papuan people, the police said. Richard C. Paddock, New York Times, 25 Sep. 2019

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“Nonindigenous.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nonindigenous. Accessed 8 Oct. 2024.

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