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amoeba

[uh-mee-buh] / əˈmi bə /
NOUN
protozoa
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In fact, they immediately set themselves on the task of pleasing Carol and those like her, along with solving the riddle of their immunity, so they can absorb the stragglers into their joy amoeba.

From Salon • Nov. 26, 2025

In the meter stick analogy, amplifying the signal makes the amoeba appear larger so that even coarse measurement markings can capture it accurately.

From Science Daily • Nov. 11, 2025

It was decades after decades of trying to contain something as organic as music, like forcing an amoeba to hold a shape.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 13, 2024

He added that the amoeba was found in freshwater lakes, particularly in water that was warm.

From BBC • Jul. 30, 2024

Life, my friend Bando once said, is meeting problems and solving them whether you are an amoeba or a space traveller.

From "On the Far Side of the Mountain" by Jean Craighead George