ecologic
Americanadjective
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
Troops seized the abandoned Chernobyl nuclear power plant near the border, prompting concern of ecologic catastrophe — and invalidating some analysts’ predictions that the marshy, forested region would impede heavy armored vehicles.
From Washington Post • Feb. 24, 2022
Kim Carr, Huntington Beach mayor, told Fox 11 that the spill could pose a "potential ecologic disaster."
From Fox News • Oct. 4, 2021
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
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