specie
Example Sentences
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Until recently, the only non-human species of mammals that were known to experience menopause were a select few specie, such as orcas — not primates.
From Salon • Dec. 11, 2023
The value of banknotes depended on the issuing bank’s ability to keep its promise and exchange them for specie, and those of the national bank were the most dependable.
From Textbooks • Jan. 18, 2018
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When business conditions improved, the Bank discouraged excessive lending and note issue by promptly demanding specie when it received state banknotes from its customers.
From Textbooks • Jan. 18, 2018
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The newly chartered banks also adopted this practice, issuing banknotes in excess of the amount of specie in their vaults.
From Textbooks • Dec. 30, 2014
And again he perceived himself sub specie aeternitatis, the form-destroyer called forth by what he heard and saw here.
From "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.