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algae

[al-jee] / ˈæl dʒi /
NOUN
rootless, leafless plants living in water
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Associate Professor Fan said: "After years of fieldwork, we finally found several sites with the right conditions where animal fossils are preserved together with the abundant algae."

From Science Daily • Apr. 6, 2026

Some cichlids evolved into predators, while others specialized in feeding on algae, sifting sand, or consuming plankton.

From Science Daily • Apr. 1, 2026

A week later, Exxon told investors algae could become a more prolific source of biofuel in the near term than agricultural products such as sugarcane and palm.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026

Exxon spent $150 million in advertising its algae program over a decade, one of its biggest public-relations campaigns of that time.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026

When you’re living in a pond of algae, you turn green.

From "The Benefits of Being an Octopus" by Ann Braden




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