amoeba

Example Sentences

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"It's not fungi, it's not a plant, it's not animal. It's more closely related to an amoeba," Barry explains.

From BBC • Dec. 29, 2025

In fact, they immediately set themselves on the task of pleasing Carol and those like her, along with solving the riddle of their immunity, so they can absorb the stragglers into their joy amoeba.

From Salon • Nov. 26, 2025

In the meter stick analogy, amplifying the signal makes the amoeba appear larger so that even coarse measurement markings can capture it accurately.

From Science Daily • Nov. 11, 2025

It was decades after decades of trying to contain something as organic as music, like forcing an amoeba to hold a shape.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 13, 2024

The spot where he usually parked one of his carts was empty; a huge amoeba of oil stained the concrete floor.

From "Tradition" by Brendan Kiely