invasive
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“Extinction should not be an option for the plants and animals only found on Catalina in order to save an invasive species that is well-established in all of California and the West,” Barton said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026
Cosmetic procedures—including surgeries and minimally invasive treatments, like fillers and injections—are indeed increasing in popularity.
From Slate ● Sep. 2, 2026
Researchers hope it could reduce the number of patients needing urgent, more invasive procedures, called cystoscopies, which involve inserting a small camera up the urethra and into the bladder.
From BBC ● Sep. 2, 2026
The other factor in the region’s monster-sized smallmouth population is environmental: The arrival and prevalence of goby fish, an invasive species which arrived in the 1990s and became a smallmouth-fattening buffet.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 29, 2026
There was so much more I wanted to ask him, but I knew how invasive questions could be.
From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros
Vocabulary lists containing invasive
Turtles All the Way Down
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A Very Large Expanse of Sea
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