overpopulated

Example Sentences

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"If restrictions are lifted too early, they can risk an overpopulated airspace, while on the flip side, restrictions remaining in place longer than they need to can lead to unnecessary delays, which no one wants".

From BBC • Jan. 3, 2025

Whether you are a grasshopper or a bird or a human, if you start destroying the environment in which you live, then you are overpopulated.

From Salon • Nov. 30, 2024

Instead of moving 90,000 residents out of the overpopulated district and into the underpopulated one, the state swapped more than 50,000 residents into the overpopulated district and moved 140,000 residents out of it.

From Slate • Oct. 11, 2023

He expects the Central Maui public school system will be overpopulated with children lacking school supplies.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 17, 2023

He says Toronto is getting overpopulated, and also polluted.

From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood