How to Use specie in a Sentence

specie

noun
  • What species are still out there?
    — Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 23 Jan. 2026
  • Where did our species first emerge?
    — CBS News, 8 Jan. 2026
  • Some species wake with the sun and sleep with the moon.
    — Marlowe Starling, Quanta Magazine, 20 Mar. 2026
  • Not all species of bees are social.
    — Rivka Galchen, New Yorker, 21 Sep. 2025
  • There are thousands of wasp species.
    — Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 13 Oct. 2025
  • There are thousands of wasp species.
    — Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 13 Oct. 2025
  • This is true for all venomous snake species.
    — Ella Gonzales, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 29 Sep. 2025
  • This right whale species has weathered rough seas.
    — Lex Goldstein, PEOPLE, 22 Oct. 2025
  • The species is found throughout the world's oceans.
    — Christopher Edwards, PEOPLE, 26 June 2026
  • But these species cause much more damage than that.
    — Arkansas Online, 21 Oct. 2025
  • Sand cats are the sole only species that live in the true desert.
    — Margherita Bassi, Popular Science, 10 June 2026
  • And for reef fish and many coastal species, that story can hold true.
    — Melissa Cristina Márquez, Forbes.com, 21 Jan. 2026
  • Yes, the beloved species found in Game of Thrones.
    — Carly Thomas, HollywoodReporter, 31 Oct. 2025
  • And who else to get them from than a species more advanced than our own.
    — Steven Rowley, PEOPLE, 3 June 2026
  • That four-decade head start gave the species plenty of time to dig in.
    — Ryan Brennan, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 13 Mar. 2026
  • For most species, a birdhouse should be at least five feet above the ground.
    — Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 28 Feb. 2026
  • And one of the ways to do that is to restore species that used to be there.
    — Moná Thomas, PEOPLE, 17 Sep. 2025
  • That’s about the height of a three-story house and some species of palm trees.
    — Dee-Ann Durbin, Chicago Tribune, 16 June 2026
  • That's about the height of a three-story house and some species of palm trees.
    — ABC News, 16 June 2026
  • This species feeds on a wide variety of plants.
    — Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 27 Oct. 2025
  • There are 50 species of hantavirus.
    — Los Angeles Times, 5 May 2026
  • Their bellies tend to be whiter than the other species.
    — Ken Perrotte, Outdoor Life, 4 June 2026
  • Smaller frogs of any species are more likely to die.
    — Ana V. Longo, The Conversation, 24 June 2026
  • Yet all of these evolved to attract other species, not us.
    — Logan S. James, The Conversation, 19 Mar. 2026
  • That has left dozens of species on the verge of extinction.
    — Eyder Peralta, NPR, 28 Sep. 2025
  • Their return is good for other species, too.
    — Tom Langen, The Conversation, 9 Sep. 2025
  • Whales or species that act as franchise whales are still in favor.
    — Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 27 May 2026
  • In some species, the center of the plant will begin to die out.
    — Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 23 Apr. 2026
  • These species spread by trailing roots or rhizomes to form clumps.
    — Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 29 Sep. 2025
  • But there isn’t consensus on how to save these species.
    — Darian Woods, NPR, 9 Sep. 2025

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