population pressure
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of population pressure
First recorded in 1930–35
Example Sentences
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With an increasing global population, pressure on the already over-exploited wild salmon stocks is set to intensify.
From Salon • Feb. 12, 2024
Communities are already struggling in the face of worsening droughts, extreme weather and other consequences of climate disruption—and population pressure makes adaptation even harder.
From Scientific American • May 4, 2023
Coyotes have a unique response to population pressure: They make more coyotes.
From Washington Post • Jun. 3, 2019
The British and Anglo-Americans gained far more with voluntary trading, to which they added military conquest and the population pressure of agricultural settlements.
From Textbooks • Jan. 18, 2018
We had already concluded that the formation of complex societies is somehow linked to population pressure, so we should now seek a link between population pressure and the outcome of war.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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