survival of the fittest
Example Sentences
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"The process is just a little bit survival of the fittest," Highton says.
From BBC • May 22, 2026
New CEO Greg Abel might favor survival of the fittest.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 22, 2026
We’re in a game of survival of the fittest, where surviving itself feels akin to luxuriating in what should be hostile territory, mastering an environment we have come together to ravage.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 24, 2024
The researchers hypothesized that the limited shapes observed in nature reflected "survival of the fittest," and that the many possible shapes not observed in real fungi were, for some reason, weaker evolutionary rejects.
From Science Daily • Mar. 25, 2024
A good example of survival of the fittest!
From "Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith" by Deborah Heiligman
