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aquatic

[uh-kwat-ik, uh-kwot-] / əˈkwæt ɪk, əˈkwɒt- /


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The popular San Fernando Valley aquatic center spans 40 acres that include a massive 1.5-acre pool lined with sand like a beach.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026

The new findings provide another important piece in the story of how vertebrates evolved from aquatic creatures into animals capable of living on land.

From Science Daily • May 25, 2026

The waste can also clog the aquatic vegetation where the fish would feed and breed, and contaminate the water on which they depend.

From Barron's • May 20, 2026

Hampton Roads is under regulatory pressure to release less of those pollutants, which harm aquatic life in the Chesapeake Bay, and the proposed $400 million investment would fund a new facility for removing them.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 2026

But there is no such rapid recovery of the larger aquatic insects, on which salmon in their second and third years depend.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson




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