How to Use predation in a Sentence

predation

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  • Ranchers rage at them for their predation of lambs and calves.
    — Susan Orlean, The New Yorker, 14 Dec. 2021
  • Like the spiny cone, their chemistry is a defense against predation.
    — New York Times, 25 Aug. 2021
  • The outdoor pens are covered by a net top to prevent predation.
    — Jake Frederico, The Arizona Republic, 17 Apr. 2023
  • But in sites with active cougar predation, the donkeys were only seen during the day.
    — Sam Zlotnik, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 Aug. 2022
  • Meanwhile, buzzards are circling blue skies over the cornfield, a telltale sign of predation in the shadows of the stalks.
    — Casey Ross Reprints, STAT, 20 Sep. 2021
  • This would help determine which pod might have been involved in the predation.
    — Joshua Rapp Learn, Discover Magazine, 7 Oct. 2022
  • This study is the first to focus on the direct impacts of human predation on other species.
    — Gina Errico, Los Angeles Times, 26 July 2023
  • Shark predation of a seal off Race Point this afternoon.
    — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 29 June 2022
  • As such, more of the bay’s waters are ice-free, and harbor seals must go elsewhere to find icebergs on which to give birth to their pups, safe from predation.
    — The Guardian, Scientific American, 11 Nov. 2021
  • Heti’s own temple is a place of both protection and predation.
    — Parul Sehgal, The New Yorker, 7 Feb. 2022
  • Is a solitary hunter well versed in endurance predation.
    — Henry Alford, The New Yorker, 29 July 2022
  • The mother can protect the chicks from predation, knowing she and the young will still be adequately fed.
    — Devin Farmiloe, Scientific American, 14 Feb. 2024
  • Since urchins eat kelp, otters’ predation also plays a role in helping kelp forests grow.
    — Will Sullivan, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 Feb. 2024
  • The small fish such as alewife and rainbow smelt are also subject to predation by predator fish such as chinook salmon and lake trout.
    — Paul A. Smith, Journal Sentinel, 8 Apr. 2023
  • Mentorship stands at the fore of the film, in a rambunctious yet horrific scene of predation.
    — Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 23 Aug. 2022
  • This safe space has provided him with an escape from the death, filth and predation outside, and something more.
    — Los Angeles Times, 18 May 2022
  • Liberal spring bear hunts have not proved to be a solution to bear predation.
    — John Schandelmeier, Anchorage Daily News, 17 Oct. 2021
  • Time’s Up began with the best intentions, with women of means pledging their money to stop the predation.
    — Melissa Silverstein, The Hollywood Reporter, 1 Feb. 2023
  • Grizzly bears and wolves thrive in the area, while moose, caribou, musk ox, and other species frequently succumb to predation.
    — Katie Hill, Outdoor Life, 12 July 2023
  • There are also some very bad reasons for not moving against predation.
    — Martha C. Nussbaum, The New York Review of Books, 17 Nov. 2022
  • Fifty pregnant Idaho beef cows from a herd that had experienced wolf predation were mixed with fifty cows that had not.
    — Paige Williams, The New Yorker, 28 Mar. 2022
  • The attack caused all but one great white shark in the area to flee for a period of time, according to survey data before after the predation event.
    — Camille Fine, USA TODAY, 6 Oct. 2022
  • Because of how long this interaction went on, the team suspects play — not predation.
    — New York Times, 2 May 2022
  • Nearly 90 percent of all studies on fawn mortality in the last 30-plus years point at predation as the number one cause, the NDA reports.
    — Katie Hill, Outdoor Life, 6 Sep. 2023
  • The pens are designed to help the hatchery fish acclimate to and imprint on their new home water as well as reduce the amount of predation from birds and other fish at the stocking sites.
    — Paul A. Smith, Journal Sentinel, 16 Feb. 2023
  • Aside from habitat loss, lots of challenges face the Houston toad on its journey to adulthood, mainly predation.
    — Dallas News, 2 May 2022
  • Here, caribou calves would be much more susceptible to predation and death.
    — TIME, 8 Feb. 2024
  • But isn’t the subsistence aspect of predation a big difference between that and rape?
    — David Marchese David Marchesephoto Illustration By Bráulio Amado, New York Times, 4 Dec. 2022
  • Many of his accusers say that there hasn't been enough action taken to prevent similar predation in the future.
    — Lydia Wang, refinery29.com, 3 Aug. 2021
  • Unfortunately, local kelp forests have declined by more than 80% in size over the past decade due to warmer waters and unchecked predation by urchins.
    — Cecilia Rodriguez, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2024

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