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ecology

[ih-kol-uh-jee, ee-kol-] / ɪˈkɒl ə dʒi, iˈkɒl- /
NOUN
environmental science
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The findings, published in Nature Ecology & Evolution, show that the burial site was used during two separate periods, divided by a major population decline around 3000 BC.

From Science Daily • Jul. 8, 2026

Daniel Capstick from Ecology Building Society says last year they launched a new mortgage product specifically for this "growing market".

From BBC • Jun. 5, 2026

Rivas led a recent charge to deny the renewal of Gabriella Charter School, which uses a substantial portion of the Echo Park campus where the district operates Logan Academy for Global Ecology.

From Los Angeles Times • May 29, 2026

She sailed aboard the Plancius on a trip organized by Cheesemans’ Ecology Safaris.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 17, 2026

Ecology was a sober, industrious science here long ago, decades before the rest of us discovered the term.

From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas




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