How to Use giant panda in a Sentence

giant panda

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Definition of giant pandanext
  • The zoo in San Diego sent its giant pandas to China four years ago.
    — William Wan, Washington Post, 8 Nov. 2023
  • What the zoo will no longer have, as of Wednesday, are the giant pandas themselves.
    — Edward Wong Erin Schaff, New York Times, 8 Nov. 2023
  • The cub was born to Mei Xiang, the zoo's female giant panda, six weeks ago.
    — Haley Victory Smith, Washington Examiner, 5 Oct. 2020
  • The zoo in San Diego sent its giant pandas to China in 2019; they have not been replaced.
    — Olivia Diaz, Washington Post, 9 Nov. 2023
  • Xiao Qi Ji, the zoo's roly-poly 3-month-old giant panda cub.
    — Scottie Andrew, CNN, 23 Nov. 2020
  • For more than 50 years, China has loaned giant pandas to US zoos.
    — CNN, 9 Nov. 2023
  • In 2016, the giant panda was taken off the list of endangered species.
    — Mahika Gupta, ABC News, 30 Sep. 2023
  • The sound of the giant panda’s bamboo crunching mingled with bird calls.
    — Washington Post, 20 May 2021
  • Those species range from the clouded leopard (above left) to the giant panda (right) to the world’s last 30 Hainan black crested gibbons.
    — Glenna Gordon, National Geographic, 3 Sep. 2020
  • Xiao Qi Ji is the fourth giant panda cub born at the National Zoo.
    — Washington Post, 16 Jan. 2021
  • The giant panda cub isn’t the only one having fun lately.
    — Dana Hedgpeth, Washington Post, 29 Jan. 2023
  • Mother Mei Xiang, age 22, is the oldest giant panda in the United States to give birth.
    — Tara Wu, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 Nov. 2020
  • The National Zoo said Monday that its six-week-old giant panda cub is a male.
    — Washington Post, 5 Oct. 2020
  • Without an extension, the United States faces the prospect of having no giant pandas for the first time since 1972.
    — Leo Sands, Washington Post, 28 Sep. 2023
  • The two giant panda cubs were born at Tokyo's Ueno Zoo in October, but haven't been seen by the public until now.
    — Cailey Rizzo, Travel + Leisure, 19 Jan. 2022
  • This morning via YouTube, the National Zoo announced the six-week-old giant panda cub is a male.
    — Beth Py-Lieberman, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Oct. 2020
  • With the newest cub, Mei Xiang, 22, is now the oldest giant panda in the United States to give birth, and the second oldest ever in the world, the zoo said.
    — Ryan W. Miller, USA TODAY, 6 Oct. 2020
  • Zoologists in France jumped for joy when a giant panda gave birth to two healthy cubs.
    — Amy Wray, CNN, 6 Aug. 2021
  • But this week came the surprise news that San Diego Zoo has struck a deal to bring giant pandas back to its facility.
    — Lily Kuo, Washington Post, 23 Feb. 2024
  • On Thursday, the oldest male giant panda in captivity died at the age of 35 in Hong Kong.
    — Juliana Perri, PEOPLE.com, 21 July 2022
  • The zoo’s three giant pandas will be heading back to China before Nov. 15 as their loan to the United States expires.
    — Olivia Diaz, Washington Post, 31 Oct. 2023
  • The mother and cub have no interaction with the giant panda dad, Tian Tian, except through a mesh fence.
    — Amy Eskind, PEOPLE.com, 6 Nov. 2020
  • Their departure leaves Zoo Atlanta as the only one in the U.S. with a giant panda program.
    — Megan Lebowitz, NBC News, 5 Nov. 2023
  • At the National Zoo, the giant panda cub was introduced to a new dietary item.
    — Washington Post, 27 Feb. 2021
  • Mei, at 22, would be the oldest giant panda to successfully give birth in the United States.
    — From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 20 Aug. 2020
  • Several keepers have cared for the giant pandas for many years.
    — William Wan, Washington Post, 8 Nov. 2023
  • In the past, keepers at Chinese zoos have dressed in giant panda costumes while tending to those animals, a choice meant to calm the bears.
    — Carlyn Kranking, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Aug. 2023
  • The giant panda, or panda bear, is known for its distinct black-and-white body and propensity of eating bamboo by the bunch.
    — Olivia Munson, USA TODAY, 4 Dec. 2022
  • Chilly weather brought out the sillies in our giant panda cub, who showed off his somersault style.
    — Dana Hedgpeth, Washington Post, 29 Jan. 2023
  • The giant pandas were escorted out of the zoo in three large shipping crates, alongside about 220 pounds of bamboo for snacking en route.
    — Olivia Diaz, Washington Post, 9 Nov. 2023

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