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Recent Examples of omnivore
However, vegan children typically have a healthier lipid profile than omnivores, whereas the effects of a vegetarian diet on cardiovascular health vary.
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Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 19 Mar. 2025
But no discussion of a large omnivore that can grow in excess of 500 pounds can stop at policy.
—Wes Siler, Outside Online, 23 June 2025
Cranes, by contrast, are omnivores that still seek out wetlands with more habitat diversity.
—Anne Readel, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 June 2025
There is also the consideration that some people may completely change their diet from omnivore to vegetarian or vegetarian to omnivore.
—Patty Weasler, Verywell Health, 5 June 2025
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Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 19 Mar. 2025
But no discussion of a large omnivore that can grow in excess of 500 pounds can stop at policy.
—Wes Siler, Outside Online, 23 June 2025
Cranes, by contrast, are omnivores that still seek out wetlands with more habitat diversity.
—Anne Readel, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 June 2025
There is also the consideration that some people may completely change their diet from omnivore to vegetarian or vegetarian to omnivore.
—Patty Weasler, Verywell Health, 5 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for omnivore
Recent Examples of Synonyms for omnivore
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The tracks were left by meat-eating dinosaurs similar to an Acrocanthosaurus, a roughly 35-foot-long bipedal carnivore, Brown said.—
Doc Louallen,
ABC News,
8 Aug. 2025
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Captive carnivores in the United States often have their diets supplemented with commercially available meat products, like chunk or mincemeat.—
Alana Wise,
NPR,
6 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Ingesting the water could cause stomach pain, diarrhea or vomiting and even liver damage for people and animals.—
Shannon Tyler,
Idaho Statesman,
16 Aug. 2025
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Both beloved animals have died, the zoo announced Friday.—
Teri Figueroa,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
16 Aug. 2025
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Belonging to the same group of mammals as sloths and anteaters, armadillos are voracious insectivores that eat large numbers of beetles, grubs, ants, termites, and other insects, grabbing them with their sticky tongues.—
Arricca Elin SanSone,
Southern Living,
18 July 2025
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The lemurs and tenrecs of Madagascar, for example, are descended from primates and insectivores that used to be much more widespread.—
Riley Black,
Smithsonian Magazine,
25 June 2025
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“Omnivore.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/omnivore. Accessed 19 Aug. 2025.
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