Yes, there were hundreds of companies in existence, but a form of natural selection was taking place. Weaker companies were swallowed up by larger ones.
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Natural selection
Synonyms for "natural selection" (17 found)
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Closest matches (4)
Strong matches (5)
Adjective(5 words)
Related words (8)
Adjective(4 words)
Related word relations
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More general
12 entriesMore specific
9 entriescolor variationdirectional selectiondisruptive selectionfitness-basednatural-selection activitynatural-selection lessonselection-basedsize adaptationstabilizing selection
Collocations
11 entriesdirectional selectionfitness based selectionheritable variationnatural selection mechanismnatural selection pressurenatural selection processnatural selection resultsnatural selection theoryselection pressurestabilizing selectionsurvival of the fittest
Inflections
3 entriesmore natural selectionmost natural selectionnatural selections
Derivations
6 entriesTranslations
62 translations across 48 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- اِنْتِقَاءٌ طَبِيعِيّ noun (natural selection)
Armenian
1 entries- բնական ընտրություն noun (natural selection)
Catalan
1 entries- selecció natural noun (natural selection)
Chinese
2 entries- 天擇 /天择 noun (natural selection)
- 自然選擇 /自然选择 noun (natural selection)
Chinese Cantonese
2 entries- 天擇 /天择 noun (natural selection)
- 自然選擇 /自然选择 noun (natural selection)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 天擇 /天择 noun (natural selection)
- 自然選擇 /自然选择 noun (natural selection)
Czech
1 entries- přírodní výběr noun (natural selection)
Danish
1 entries- naturlig selektion noun (natural selection)
Dutch
1 entries- natuurlijke selectie noun (natural selection)
Esperanto
1 entries- natura selektado noun (natural selection)
Finnish
1 entries- luonnonvalinta noun (natural selection)
French
1 entries- sélection naturelle noun (natural selection)
Galician
1 entries- selección natural noun (natural selection)
Georgian
1 entries- ბუნებრივი გადარჩევა noun (natural selection)
German
3 entries- natürliche Auslese noun (natural selection)
- natürliche Selektion noun (natural selection)
- natürliche Zuchtwahl noun (natural selection)
Greek
1 entries- φυσική επιλογή noun (natural selection)
Hebrew
1 entries- ברירה טבעית noun (natural selection)
Hindi
1 entries- प्राकृतिक वरण noun (natural selection)
Hungarian
1 entries- természetes kiválasztódás noun (natural selection)
Icelandic
1 entries- náttúruval noun (natural selection)
Indonesian
1 entries- seleksi alami noun (natural selection)
Italian
1 entries- selezione naturale noun (natural selection)
Japanese
2 entries- 自然淘汰 noun (natural selection)
- 自然選択 noun (natural selection)
Kazakh
1 entries- қозғаушы сұрыпталу noun (natural selection)
Korean
2 entries- 자연도태 noun (natural selection)
- 자연선택 noun (natural selection)
Latvian
1 entries- dabiskā izlase noun (natural selection)
Lithuanian
1 entries- natūrali̇̀ atrankà noun (natural selection)
Malay
2 entries- pemilihan alamiah noun (natural selection)
- pemilihan semula jadi noun (natural selection)
Mongolian
1 entries- байгалийн шалгарал noun (natural selection)
Māori
1 entries- whiringa māori noun (natural selection)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- naturlig seleksjon noun (natural selection)
- naturlig utvalg noun (natural selection)
Norwegian Nynorsk
2 entries- naturleg seleksjon noun (natural selection)
- naturleg utval noun (natural selection)
Polish
2 entries- dobór naturalny noun (natural selection)
- selekcja naturalna noun (natural selection)
Portuguese
1 entries- seleção natural noun (natural selection)
Romanian
1 entries- selecție naturală noun (natural selection)
Russian
1 entries- есте́ственный отбо́р noun (natural selection)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- prirodna selekcija noun (natural selection)
- природна селекција noun (natural selection)
Slovak
1 entries- prirodzený výber noun (natural selection)
Spanish
1 entries- selección natural noun (natural selection)
Swedish
1 entries- naturligt urval noun (natural selection)
Tagalog
1 entries- piliang likas noun (natural selection)
Thai
1 entries- การคัดเลือกโดยธรรมชาติ noun (natural selection)
Turkish
2 entries- doğal seçilim noun (natural selection)
- natürel seleksiyon noun (natural selection)
Ukrainian
2 entries- приро́дний відбі́р noun (natural selection)
- приро́дний добі́р noun (natural selection)
Uzbek
1 entries- tabiiy tanlanish noun (natural selection)
Vietnamese
1 entries- chọn lọc tự nhiên noun (natural selection)
Welsh
1 entries- detholiad naturiol noun (natural selection)
Yiddish
1 entries- נאַטירלעכע סעלעקציע noun (natural selection)
Sample sentences
3 total sentences available.
Lead singer “Hooch” tries hard to be offensive, telling the crowd he'd like to set some hippies and homeless people on fire, promoting drunk driving as “natural selection at work,’
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“He should of looked left or right or at least used the crossing up the road, I have no sympathy it’s natural selection at it’s finest. Let’s hope the parents clear off back to their own country now”
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