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ecosystem

[ee-koh-sis-tuhm, ek-oh-] / ˈi koʊˌsɪs təm, ˈɛk oʊ- /
NOUN
environment
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India in July approved a new semiconductor programme, offering more than $13 billion in financial assistance to expand domestic chip production and build a wider semiconductor ecosystem.

From Barron's Sep. 17, 2026

Investors in the AI trade are becoming more selective and looking for parts of the ecosystem that are seeing orders and capacity additions, DeYonker told MarketWatch.

From MarketWatch Sep. 16, 2026

"A mesophotic coral ecosystem lives deeper than the usual shallow coral reefs, in zones where light is much more limited," explained Zinzindohoué.

From Science Daily Sep. 15, 2026

But Jones described a rare ecosystem housing specialist plants, butterflies and insects, "where the UK is the epicentre globally".

From BBC Sep. 13, 2026

The umbrella also helps humans, by protecting that ecosystem.

From "Camp Panda" by Catherine Thimmesh

Founded in 2004, GCash is one of the Philippines’s largest digital cashless ecosystems, serving 94 million users through its mobile wallet and financial superapp.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 18, 2026

"A lot of people talk theoretically about ecosystems; I can tell you this is one of our sources of competitive advantage," Rood says.

From BBC Sep. 10, 2026

There’s an inventiveness here that comes from the sprawl of the city — artists like myself who are constantly improvising, building their own ecosystems because nothing is handed to them.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 3, 2026

With few other large predators competing for resources, Praearcturus may have been able to dominate its environment in a way that became much harder once terrestrial ecosystems grew more crowded and complex.

From Science Daily Sep. 2, 2026

To survive in this steep, narrow hodgepodge of ecosystems, Andean communities usually sent out representatives and colonies to live up- or downslope in places with resources unavailable at home.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann




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