plants
Example Sentences
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The deer eat fire-resilient chaparral and other native plants, making way for invasive annual grasses, which ignite more easily, increase erosion and leave less water to soak into aquifers, he said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026
Small plants and fungi had only recently begun spreading across the landscape, while forests and other complex land ecosystems had not yet developed.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 2, 2026
The medium-term trend remains upward, however, as Mexico continues expanding its fleet of combined-cycle power plants, Wood Mackenzie adds.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026
Wastewater treatment plants in the U.S. and Mexico filter some of the contaminants, but those facilities have failed over the past decade and released hundreds of millions of gallons of raw sewage into the river.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026
They represent thousands of different species; there are tiny plants, tiny fungi, tiny viruses, and tiny animals.
From "Phineas Gage" by John Fleischman
