How to Use ecosystem in a Sentence

ecosystem

noun
  • That has put them, and not the bricks, at the center of the play ecosystem.
    Daniel Miller, Los Angeles Times, 20 June 2024
  • And there’s nothing like that in any part of our ecosystem.
    Andrew Webster, The Verge, 23 Mar. 2023
  • In part, that’s because Mastodon is already big enough to have some sway in the ecosystem.
    David Pierce, The Verge, 20 Apr. 2023
  • And as much as our ecosystems will feel the change in pollen, we — people with noses that run and eyes that itch — feel it too.
    Michaela Mulligan, Miami Herald, 1 May 2024
  • At the heart of the debate about deep-sea mining is whether this can be done in a way that doesn’t harm ocean ecosystems and species.
    Lily Kuo, Washington Post, 19 Oct. 2023
  • Their goal, in part, is to preserve the arctic ecosystems the giants once roamed.
    Will Sullivan, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 Mar. 2024
  • To the researchers, this change signals a less resilient ecosystem.
    Sarah Sloat, Smithsonian Magazine, 29 Feb. 2024
  • Very little was known about the ecosystems in the GMR’s deeper reaches, so one of the team’s main goals was to chart their layout.
    Jack Tamisiea, Scientific American, 2 Nov. 2023
  • Family caregivers have long been a part of the care ecosystem.
    Jessica Kim, Fortune, 21 May 2024
  • The destruction ripples out to the rest of the ecosystem, the AP found, as the fresh water aquifer connects to the Caribbean Sea.
    Teresa De Miguel, Megan Janetsky, and Rodrigo Abd, The Christian Science Monitor, 31 May 2024
  • This network, or ecosystem, does not need to be all women.
    Rolling Stone Culture Council, Rolling Stone, 23 Mar. 2023
  • Each species that is lost triggers the loss of other species within its ecosystem.
    Frank Witsil, Detroit Free Press, 21 Apr. 2023
  • Overall, the Eufy is a great high-end option that plays nice with Alexa and Google ecosystems and works with your smart hub of choice.
    Hunter Fenollol, Popular Mechanics, 28 Apr. 2023
  • That’s a new thing, but there is more of a dynamic and a feedback loop among the leader and the right-wing media ecosystem.
    The Politics Of Everything, The New Republic, 29 Mar. 2023
  • Yet not much is known about how dodoes functioned in their ecosystem.
    Christine Kenneally, Scientific American, 31 Jan. 2023
  • More than half of all that pledged land is in non-forest ecosystems, according to the study authors.
    Popular Science, 15 Feb. 2024
  • This has damaged ecosystems for plants, wildlife and people.
    Kate Linderman, Chicago Tribune, 24 Apr. 2023
  • There are elements of the ecosystem that work against authors.
    Barbara Spindel, The Christian Science Monitor, 17 Oct. 2024
  • The garbage patch off the Pacific coast of the United States is so large that it’s become its own thriving ecosystem.
    oregonlive, 20 Apr. 2023
  • Researchers with the project sail around all five oceans and two seas (the Red and the Mediterranean), sampling plankton to try to understand the ocean ecosystem.
    Diana Gitig, Ars Technica, 25 Apr. 2023
  • Nonetheless, the amount of money flowing through the ecosystem has begun to siphon off.
    Solo Ceesay, Rolling Stone, 8 Sep. 2023
  • Yet still, the work has big implications for the ecosystem’s future.
    Popular Science, 25 Jan. 2024
  • At the on-site kid's club for ages five to 12, called Camp Hawk, children can learn about the delicate Florida Keys ecosystem.
    Allison Tibaldi, USA TODAY, 23 July 2024
  • Our place in the ecosystem is live news and community service.
    Dade Hayes, Deadline, 9 Oct. 2024
  • In Hawaii and elsewhere around the world, human wastewater enters and disrupts coastal ecosystems.
    WIRED, 9 Aug. 2023
  • See native wildlife and plants in this endangered ecosystem.
    Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Jan. 2024
  • The algae, which can live in fresh or salt water may also be harmful to surrounding ecosystems, the FWC states.
    Amanda Rabines, Orlando Sentinel, 22 Mar. 2023
  • That creates ocean grazing grounds that support a vast ecosystem of marine life.
    Ryan Fonsecastaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 12 Jan. 2023
  • The finding suggests unique ecosystems on the seafloor and within the subseafloor are connected, allowing life to thrive above and below the ocean bed.
    Ashley Strickland, CNN, 19 Oct. 2024
  • The tune’s TikTok ecosystem includes edits and trends involving the 2005 movie Corpse Bride, plus lip-synch content.
    Kevin Rutherford, Billboard, 31 Oct. 2024

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