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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
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China has a strategic focus on becoming self-sufficient in semiconductor production, but ASML has built an insurmountable moat in this space.GuruFocus, Forbes, 21 Nov. 2024
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Experience shows that housing security enables immigrants to become more quickly self-sufficient and integrate into their new communities.Jim Harrington, Austin American-Statesman, 6 Oct. 2024
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This can reduce latency and enable real-time decision-making, which is crucial for applications like autonomous vehicles or smart manufacturing systems.Jo Debecker, Forbes, 21 Nov. 2024
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The company continues to focus on developing and manufacturing autonomous aerial vehicles, including drones, and highlights its dependence on sales of crypto miners for revenue.Quartz Bot, Quartz, 20 Nov. 2024
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Talia Jane, an independent reporter on X, formerly known as Twitter, shared quotes from people who knew Bushnell on her page.Marley Malenfant, Austin American-Statesman, 22 Nov. 2024
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What is Small Business Saturday? Initially launched by American Express in 2010, Small Business Saturday (or Shop Small Saturday) encourages consumers to shop at one of the 33 million independent businesses that exist in the U.S.Katie Wiseman, The Courier-Journal, 21 Nov. 2024
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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
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Ultimately, given enough time, those digital memory constructs will evolve into what can be loosely described as our external brains in the cloud—imagine a semiautonomous process that knows enough about you to act on your behalf in a limited fashion.IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 7 Aug. 2013
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The Army has asked for $120.6 million as part of its fiscal-year 2025 budget request for Low Altitude Stalking and Strike Ordnance (Lasso) semiautonomous loitering munitions to outfit infantry brigade combat teams with the capability.Jared Keller, WIRED, 19 Aug. 2024
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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 3 Dec. 2024.
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