survival of the fittest

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Molango fears the World Cup will simply become a "survival of the fittest".

From BBC • May 26, 2026

New CEO Greg Abel might favor survival of the fittest.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 22, 2026

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

Darwin didn't rule out natural selection, his original term for "survival of the fittest."

From Salon • Jul. 11, 2023

“Um, with polar bears, it’s not survival of the fittest but survival of the fattest,” Owen told him.

From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz