extermination

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Noun
  • For the United States, high rates of job destruction—even if accompanied by faster productivity growth—could be devastating politically.
    Matthew J. Slaughter, Foreign Affairs, 25 Feb. 2025
  • Current calculations give a 1% or greater chance of collision capable of localized destruction.
    Robert Lea, Space.com, 24 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • The deeper reason for the extinction event at USAID is Trump’s contempt for anything that looks like cooperation between the strong and the weak.
    George Packer, The Atlantic, 20 Feb. 2025
  • Megafauna extinction led forest understories to darken once again, with the model predicting a long-term increase in seed size as a result.
    Jack Knudson, Discover Magazine, 18 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Protecting The Future Of 5G And AI The U.S. government has reported that Chinese nation-state threat actor groups have been causing havoc to U.S. critical infrastructure, including telecommunications services.
    Anand Oswal, Forbes, 24 Feb. 2025
  • For over a year, bird flu has caused havoc in the farming industry, leading to millions of dead birds and thousands of sick cows – and causing egg prices to run up.
    Rebecca Morin, USA TODAY, 19 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Considering how Bickell became a one-man demolition company in the playoffs, that’s no surprise.
    Scott Powers, The Athletic, 14 Feb. 2025
  • Plans are still in the works, but managers are exploring all options and may consider at least partial demolition of the mall.
    Chrissy Suttles, Axios, 14 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • The safeguards are important, the lawmakers said, because identity theft or bankruptcy can mean a loss of a security clearance or the end of a service member’s career.
    Melissa Chan, NBC News, 20 Feb. 2025
  • This causes a permanent loss of motion and increases your risk of fractures.
    Sarah Klein, SELF, 20 Feb. 2025
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