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ecosystem

[ee-koh-sis-tuhm, ek-oh-] / ˈi koʊˌsɪs təm, ˈɛk oʊ- /
NOUN
environment
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My mother’s relief was instant, but only years later would I learn that the antibiotics that saved my life had also gutted something else: a microbial ecosystem I’d been building since birth.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

In this A.I.-powered asphyxiation of the information ecosystem, Spero has positioned himself on social media as a folk hero hauling in the oxygen tanks.

From Slate • Apr. 17, 2026

That one was positioned off Northern California and into the Gulf of Alaska, and also led to considerable ecosystem disruption.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 16, 2026

"Knowing more about what existed gives us a sense of how big the fossil record is and how species change through time. And understanding the complexities of an ecosystem is important."

From Science Daily • Apr. 15, 2026

Food chains throughout the entire Australian ecosystem were broken and rearranged.

From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari




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