Example Sentences

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“I don’t want to go so far as to say that the humans are the cause of this variation by extirpating predators,” says Stankowich.

From National Geographic • Oct. 6, 2023

And led by Rep. Tim Ryan, Ohio Democrat and chairman of the subcommittee that oversees Congress own internal budget, they inserted language into the 2021 spending bill setting the 45-day deadline for extirpating the Confederates.

From Washington Times • Dec. 23, 2020

In the twentieth century, human beings did penguins a favor by all but extirpating many of the whales and seals that they competed with for food.

From The New Yorker • May 23, 2016

George W. Bush, in his pre-Presidential days, was even more preoccupied than his father with extirpating aides who, in his view, had their own agendas.

From The New Yorker • Nov. 12, 2015

The curse of knowledge hides them from the writer, who therefore must put some effort into spotting and extirpating them.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker