How to Use Asiatic in a Sentence

Asiatic

adjective
  • Japan is home to two main types of bears, the Asiatic black bear and the Hokkaido brown bear.
    — Peter Guo, NBC news, 5 Nov. 2025
  • The other species, the Asiatic black bear, is smaller, reaching about five-and-a-half feet.
    — Hanako Montgomery, CNN Money, 11 Dec. 2025
  • Japan is home to two main types of bears, including the Asiatic black bear and the Hokkaido brown bear.
    — Arata Yamamoto, NBC news, 17 Oct. 2025
  • Authorities shot and killed an adult male Asiatic black bear near where the body was found, according to the outlet.
    — Toria Sheffield, PEOPLE, 18 Oct. 2025
  • Asiatic lilies bloom reliably atop 2- to 5-foot sturdy stems and overwinter in the ground, so no lifting and storing is needed.
    — Barbara Gillette, The Spruce, 27 Feb. 2026
  • Most of Gujarat’s Asiatic lions now live outside the park’s borders, mixing with humans in towns and villages.
    — Aishwarya S. Iyer, CNN Money, 31 Aug. 2025
  • Sporting an unmistakable dark mane and unique folds of skin along their bellies, Asiatic lions are slightly smaller than their African cousins.
    — Aishwarya S. Iyer, CNN Money, 31 Aug. 2025
  • The number of wild Asiatic lions has risen 40% in five years, as decades-long conservation efforts finally bear fruit.
    — Tom Chivers, semafor.com, 11 Dec. 2025
  • The zoo is home to carnivorous predators such as the Asiatic lion, European lynx and Sumatran tiger.
    — Cnn.com Wire Service, Mercury News, 5 Aug. 2025
  • Three former fields will be burned to help renew the grassland and reduce the spread of invasive plants such as Asiatic bittersweet, Japanese barberry, multiflora rose, and autumn olive.
    — Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 14 Mar. 2026
  • Asiatic Lions in Gir Gir National Park, in the western state of Gujarat, is the last refuge of the Asiatic lion.
    — Marion Miller, Travel + Leisure, 10 Oct. 2025
  • There are five cheetah subspecies, and the Asiatic cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus venaticus) is believed to have been the only subspecies that lived in present-day Saudi Arabia.
    — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 15 Jan. 2026
  • The ecological fallout has been severe; iconic species such as the Asiatic cheetahs face imminent extinction and the Siberian crane has now disappeared entirely from Iran’s wetlands.
    — Shooka Bidarian, Forbes.com, 16 Jan. 2026
  • The Asiatic cheetah is currently considered critically endangered, with only one small wild population remaining in Iran.
    — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 15 Jan. 2026
  • It was previously believed that the Asiatic cheetah, called Acinonyx jubatus venaticus, was the only subspecies ever present in Saudi Arabia.
    — Taylor Nicioli, CNN Money, 20 Feb. 2026
  • Summer Bulbs Summer flowering bulbs, such as Asiatic lily, caladium, dahlia, elephant ears, and tuberous begonias, should be removed from the garden in zones 7 or below, where the ground is frozen solid for much of the winter.
    — Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 27 Dec. 2025
  • Genomic sequencing further showed that the youngest of the cheetah mummies was closely related to what is now known as the Asiatic cheetah, while older specimens were more genetically aligned with the Northwest African cheetah.
    — Toria Sheffield, PEOPLE, 17 Jan. 2026
  • Seven wild Asiatic elephants were killed and a calf was injured when a high-speed passenger train collided with a herd crossing the tracks in India's northeastern state of Assam early Saturday, local authorities said.
    — CBS News, 20 Dec. 2025
  • While the most recent specimen is genetically closest to the Asiatic cheetah, the two older specimens are more similar to the Northwest African cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus hecki).
    — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 15 Jan. 2026
  • The older cheetah remains were more genetically similar to a Northwest African subspecies, whereas the more recent cheetah remains were more similar to the Asiatic cheetah, which is now mostly confined to a very small population in Iran.
    — Claire Cameron, Scientific American, 15 Jan. 2026
  • The Rajdhani Express, which was carrying around 650 passengers, was traveling through Assam when its driver spotted about 100 wild Asiatic elephants crossing the tracks and applied the emergency brakes.
    — Sophia Compton, FOXNews.com, 20 Dec. 2025
  • Meanwhile, the Asiatic pod showcases bits of traditional Japanese Sukiya architecture and waters that mimic the onsens of Hokkaido, Japan, and Osaek Mineral Spring in South Korea.
    — Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 22 Nov. 2025

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