Repopulating

verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of repopulate form-of, gerund, participle, present

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"After centuries of decline, great whales are steadily repopulating their historic breeding and feeding grounds. And they have a healthy appetite. Some commercial fisheries argue the whales are eating too many other fish and taking a big bite from their profits."

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