subspecies

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Recent Examples of subspecies Scientists, nature enthusiasts and that rare subspecies of humanity obsessed with spiders all come to witness something remarkable: hordes of fuzzy, fist-sized male tarantulas emerging from their burrows to scour the shortgrass prairie for mates. David Kelly, Los Angeles Times, 31 Oct. 2022 Nearly 1,200 rare and endangered species and subspecies are represented. San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Oct. 2022 This subspecies called Sarada superba is only found on India's Chalkewadi plateau and is identifiable by its blue, orange and black throat. Carlyn Kranking, Smithsonian Magazine, 6 Oct. 2022 White tigers are not a separate species or subspecies of tiger. Riley Davis, Discover Magazine, 25 May 2022 See All Example Sentences for subspecies
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Noun
  • Older adults who cycle regularly are likely a healthier subgroup, and cycling may also serve as a marker of favorable genetics, with risk lowest among those without genetic susceptibility to dementia, Verghese said.
    Kristen Rogers, CNN Money, 20 Sep. 2025
  • But the report shows that students across every political and ideological subgroup are alarmingly at ease with not only violence, but also the other, less extreme means of silencing opposing views.
    Chris Stirewalt, The Hill, 16 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The job only got heavier on this hot and sunny Sunday, when the home team was booed off the field at halftime by the sections of MetLife that weren’t filled with Cowboys fans.
    Ian O'Connor, New York Times, 6 Oct. 2025
  • Hundreds of thousands of the paper’s readers abandoned it last year when Bezos decided not to endorse in the presidential election and to overhaul the opinion section.
    Max Tani, semafor.com, 6 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Lexington police and fire departments were dispatched Friday morning to 51 Lakeview Drive in the Indian Hills subdivision on reports of an unmarked gas line that was struck, said Lexington Police Chief Josh Coen.
    Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 26 Sep. 2025
  • Established in 2023, the subdivision includes 79 homesites − both sold and still for sale − offering residents easy access to Oakley’s shopping, dining, and entertainment.
    Randy Tucker, Cincinnati Enquirer, 24 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • In United's Polaris cabin, the airline serves a variety of soft drinks, spirits, and beer.
    Michael Cappetta, Travel + Leisure, 29 Sep. 2025
  • There are a variety of treatments, including counseling, medications and support groups, to help people who want to end that dependency.
    Malaka Gharib, NPR, 29 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • But these large molecules have cast a long shadow over a smaller subclass of proteins called microproteins.
    Noah Lyons, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Aug. 2025
  • Two subclasses were certified: one covering California residents who purchased FSD packages between October 2016 and May 2017, and another for those who opted out of Tesla's arbitration agreement between 2017 and mid-2024.
    Robert Alexander, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • The real brush fire in question took place in the spring (not the winter, as portrayed on the show), and fires of that sort were common.
    JR Radcliffe, USA Today, 4 Oct. 2025
  • These strategies – called selection sort and shaker sort – are typically studied in computer science.
    Celeste Kidd, The Conversation, 3 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • But this species is thriving because of an evolutionary adaptation.
    Eyder Peralta, NPR, 28 Sep. 2025
  • The piece similarly matches the species Albadraco tharmisensis, the size of which was determined based on fossilized vertebrae, according to the study.
    Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 26 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Homo sapiens had already evolved, but weren’t the only members of our genus on the planet, as our direct ancestors were joined by the neanderthals, the denisovians, and possibly by the final surviving members of Homo erectus.
    Ethan Siegel, Big Think, 2 Oct. 2025
  • Researchers found two species of snakes belonging to the genus Dendrelaphis, or bronze backs, according to the study.
    Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 30 Sep. 2025

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