Example Sentences

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The founding legislation directed the Forest Service to “protect the geologic, ecologic, and cultural resources” of the monument, “allowing geologic forces and ecological succession to continue substantially unimpeded.”

From Seattle Times • May 13, 2022

Kim Carr, Huntington Beach mayor, told Fox 11 that the spill could pose a "potential ecologic disaster."

From Fox News • Oct. 4, 2021

“Instead, it seems like the creatures that have really flourished have all been ones that are ecologically distinct from native species, and restore lost ecologic capacities.”

From New York Times • Mar. 26, 2020

Cases of Lyme disease have roughly tripled since the 1990s as ticks carrying Borrelia burgdorferi, the causative bacterium, have spread in response to climate change, neighborhoods encroaching on animal habitats, and other ecologic shifts.

From Science Magazine • Apr. 17, 2019

Furthermore, two or more people disturb the ecologic complex of an area.

From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck