alpha
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Like capybaras in the wild, zoo capybaras are polygamous, with one alpha male and several females forming a sort of harem.
From Slate • May 27, 2026
"But a bet makes you feel smart because you picked the game or the politician. It's like 'identify the alpha because he beat them all at the prediction markets'."
From BBC • May 21, 2026
How Bruce the beakless parrot became an alpha male.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 21, 2026
Around the same time, a new alpha male rose to dominance.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026
Most of the time, I could forget about it, but the inexorable truth is this: They might be glad to have me around, but I was the alpha and the omega of my parents’ suffering.
From "The Fault in Our Stars" by John Green
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Computer Science and Technology - High School
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