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Recent Examples of altricial
Plenty of other creatures give birth even sooner, yielding offspring in a more altricial state.
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Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 14 Oct. 2022
Robins, bluebirds, hummingbirds and many other birds are altricial.
—Jim Robbins, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Jan. 2022
If birds are born altricial — helpless — clutches tend to be small to accommodate the higher level of care the babies must receive.
—Jim Williams, Star Tribune, 29 June 2021
That’s because both marmosets and humans have altricial babies, from the Latin for needing nourishment—meaning offspring that can’t take care of themselves even a tiny bit at the beginning.
—Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics, 27 Oct. 2020
Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 14 Oct. 2022
Robins, bluebirds, hummingbirds and many other birds are altricial.
—Jim Robbins, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Jan. 2022
If birds are born altricial — helpless — clutches tend to be small to accommodate the higher level of care the babies must receive.
—Jim Williams, Star Tribune, 29 June 2021
That’s because both marmosets and humans have altricial babies, from the Latin for needing nourishment—meaning offspring that can’t take care of themselves even a tiny bit at the beginning.
—Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics, 27 Oct. 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for altricial
Adjective
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The facility is more like an apartment than a shelter, Burns said, as families are typically more self-sufficient and have more freedom to come and go.—
Jeff A. Chamer,
Charlotte Observer,
19 Feb. 2025
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His goals now extend beyond financial freedom to raising a self-sufficient and confident individual who can make informed decisions about his future.—
Ascend Agency,
New York Daily News,
5 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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To put this in perspective, autonomous vehicles in the commercial area will do about 15 million miles of driving in a virtual world in an hour of training on the cloud.—
Megan Poinski,
Forbes,
20 Feb. 2025
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There, Xu focused his PhD studies on robot autonomous navigation and machine learning — similar to Liang’s focus of postdoctoral research — and was a key member of the visual navigation research project for China’s lunar exploration program.—
Anniek Bao,Dylan Butts,
CNBC,
19 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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Huemer started out in the independent film scene of 1980s New York, directing fourteen feature films before pivoting to engineering and industrial leadership.—
Kody Boye,
USA TODAY,
21 Feb. 2025
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An independent regulatory commission will now be set up to decide on suitable punishments.—
James Pearce,
The Athletic,
20 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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In addition to its momentum and self-sustaining nature, drive has another advantage over motivation: It can be developed and strengthened over time.—
Ryan McGrath,
Forbes,
27 Mar. 2023
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Significantly, some states had self-sustaining populations of wild turkeys that could serve as seed stock.—
Paul A. Smith,
Journal Sentinel,
16 Mar. 2023
Adjective
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Out in the cold: Greenland at centre of political power play but sees CONCACAF future Greenland has been thrust into geopolitical significance recently due to U.S. president Donald Trump’s ongoing proposal to purchase the semiautonomous territory of Denmark.—
Richard Amofa,
The Athletic,
21 Feb. 2025
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Traditional automakers in Japan, the United States and Europe are facing mounting competition from newcomers like Tesla and China’s BYD, which have established a commanding lead in electric vehicles and technologies that enable semiautonomous driving and remote updates.—
River Akira Davis,
New York Times,
13 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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Ask Amy: My unsociable neighbor doesn't know about me and his wife.—
Bay Area News Group,
The Mercury News,
2 June 2024
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To drink too much would be inexcusable; to drink too little would be unsociable.—
Erika Page,
The Christian Science Monitor,
2 Feb. 2024
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“Altricial.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/altricial. Accessed 7 Mar. 2025.
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