occasional
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"Occasional individuals moving between distant breeding grounds can help maintain genetic diversity across populations," she added.
From Barron's • May 20, 2026
Occasional weird inventions are folded in: a “hambulance” delivering ham; food trucks selling potato ice cream and soup on a stick; something called Pacifier Shirt Syndrome, caused by rubbing a dropped pacifier on a short.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 22, 2025
Occasional bursts of very warm weather are not unusual in spring but scientists expect that spring heat will become more common in future.
From BBC • Apr. 28, 2025
Occasional outbreaks further north, including an outbreak among endangered Key Deer in Florida in 2016, were resolved quickly through emergency release of sterile flies.
From Salon • Apr. 28, 2025
Occasional mutant individuals among wild plants lacked thick seed coats or other inhibitors of germination.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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