living thing
Example Sentences
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The harder task is interpretive—learning the rules that connect a genome to the living thing it produces.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026
"There are yew trees in this country that are older than Stonehenge – nobody would ever contemplate not protecting Stonehenge so why would a living thing that's older than Stonehenge not receive some protection?"
From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2025
Further, the disposal of pans poses significant dangers to the environment and, by extension, every living thing in it.
From Salon ● Dec. 9, 2024
DNA and Cloning Every living thing has DNA – a special code that tells it how to grow.
From NewsForKids.net ● Nov. 13, 2024
There were Jains with masks tied around their faces so they wouldn’t accidentally breathe in an insect and so kill a living thing, which was against their religion.
From "Homeless Bird" by Gloria Whelan
