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ecology

[ih-kol-uh-jee, ee-kol-] / ɪˈkɒl ə dʒi, iˈkɒl- /
NOUN
environmental science
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STRONGEST


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"So I think everyone's view of China's overall technological ecology is changing."

From Barron's Aug. 19, 2026

“Environmental legislation has not been based on the science of ecology, or on forestry,” says Víctor Resco de Dios, a professor of forestry at the University of Lleida in Spain.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 2, 2026

“I think we’re likely to break global temperature records with this next El Niño,” said Malin Pinsky, professor of ecology and evolutionary biology at UC Santa Cruz.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 29, 2026

The team plan to run workshops and structured interviews with at least 45 anglers to pick their brains about the local ecology and size of sharks caught in the past.

From BBC Jul. 19, 2026

Rather than being the timeless indigenous adaptation portrayed in ecology textbooks, many archaeologists now view slash-and-burn agriculture as a relatively modern technique whose spread was driven by European technology.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann

The British architectural critic Reyner Banham wrote about the region’s four ecologies: the coast, the foothills, the flatlands and the freeways.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 10, 2025

"I recorded from beneath the bark and composed music led by the rainforests themselves, empowering them to have their own voice in raising awareness of fragile ecologies," she said.

From BBC Apr. 21, 2024

In a deadpan appeal to patriotism, grim scenes of spoiled ecologies frame a bald eagle.

From New York Times Jan. 4, 2024

Rather, in each of these blockbusters, the oceans are presented as complex ecologies of depth that merit serious and sustained attention.

From Salon Jan. 2, 2023

Memetics is a popular topic for speculation among hackers, who like to see themselves as the architects of the new information ecologies in which memes live and replicate. :memory leak: n.

From The Jargon File, Version 2.9.10, 01 Jul 1992 by Eric S. Raymond




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