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survival of the fittest



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New CEO Greg Abel might favor survival of the fittest.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 22, 2026

"This will be a season of survival of the fittest but I can only put 20 players in the squad," said Ten Hag.

From BBC Aug. 16, 2024

Watching Springer play game after game and inning after inning is like a survival of the fittest.

From Los Angeles Times May 12, 2024

The researchers hypothesized that the limited shapes observed in nature reflected "survival of the fittest," and that the many possible shapes not observed in real fungi were, for some reason, weaker evolutionary rejects.

From Science Daily Mar. 25, 2024

In here, I already know it’s going to be survival of the fittest.

From "The Freedom Writers Diary" by The Freedom Writers




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