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And rather than trying to domesticate every step of a supply chain, identify the true chokepoints—the raw silicon, the wafer, the chip assembly—and secure those.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 23, 2026

"We can use these modern tools to domesticate undomesticated crops."

From Science Daily ● Jan. 11, 2026

And yet none of them voted against it; some tried to domesticate it or expressed hope that South Carolina would be ready for a bill this extreme in the future.

From Slate ● Nov. 21, 2025

Corn was born here about 9,000 years ago, when Mesoamerican farmers first started to domesticate the wild grass known as teosinte.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 13, 2025

There is no mammal species that the first settled peoples of that area had more opportunity to domesticate than gazelles.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond

We sense early on, from Mortensen’s delicate handling of their courtship, that this isn’t some musty rehash of the trope where she civilizes him and he domesticates her.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 31, 2024

So these captive wolves have taken on an uneasy status: not wild, nor yet domesticates.

From The Guardian ● Nov. 24, 2020

Cats are called commensal domesticates, Levy reminded the jury, which means they choose to live with humans, but they can revert back to feral state.

From The New Yorker ● Oct. 12, 2014

The study of animal bones... shows that cattle were the most common domesticates at the sites.

From BBC ● Dec. 12, 2012

These domestic animals and crops were gradually joined by China’s many other domesticates.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond

Such contradictions, that cats can be both domesticated and yet somewhat feral, is part of their appeal, says comedian Drennon Davis, whose four cats have found internet fame via his short-form videos.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026

Dusky farmerfish in East Asia grow “crops” of red algae by assiduously “weeding out less palatable foods” and have effectively domesticated a type of shrimp whose waste fertilizes the algae and boosts yields.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 19, 2026

Humans, and the animals we have brought under our fold, such as dogs and horses, are still evolving and still being domesticated.

From Salon ● Apr. 23, 2026

Sheep were first domesticated approximately 10,500 years ago in the Middle East, and were eventually brought to British shores by Neolithic farmers some time around 4000BC.

From BBC ● Mar. 5, 2026

I’m not thereby implying that apples could never have been domesticated in North America.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond

UFO mythology, and especially its mock-scientific terminology, is a way of domesticating the unknown.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026

Rather than simply hunting wolves or avoiding them, some prehistoric communities may have formed long-term relationships with the animals, managing and caring for them without fully domesticating them.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 5, 2026

But whereas people artificially selected against aggressive traits when domesticating dogs, similar changes seem to have happened naturally in bonobos—a process known as “self-domestication” that might also have occurred in humans.

From Science Magazine ● Apr. 12, 2024

Where the peoples of the steppes pioneered was in domesticating the horse, giving them a significant military advantage over their neighbors.

From Textbooks ● Apr. 19, 2023

Still, our list of triumphs lacks many wild plants that, despite their value as food, we never succeeded in domesticating.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond