Definitions
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- adjective
superlative form offit : mostfit . - adjective biology The most able to
survive andreproduce in a given environment.
Etymologies
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Examples
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The survival of the fittest is a very poor understanding of evolution.
p2pnet and privacy 2009
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It might be that a freewheeling attitude in our small patch in the garden, where anything goes and where survival of the fittest is allowed to operate naturally will in turn naturally give rise to the kind of vibrant scene that we all desire.
December 2007 2007
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It might be that a freewheeling attitude in our small patch in the garden, where anything goes and where survival of the fittest is allowed to operate naturally will in turn naturally give rise to the kind of vibrant scene that we all desire.
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It might be that a freewheeling attitude in our small patch in the garden, where anything goes and where survival of the fittest is allowed to operate naturally will in turn naturally give rise to the kind of vibrant scene that we all desire.
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Among the fittest is Edison Peña, an Elvis Presley fan and athlete who has been keeping fit below ground.
Chilean miners' ordeal almost over as workers prepare to go free Jonathan Franklin at the San José mine 2010
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In survival if the fittest, the fittest is often just the most aware.
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In survival if the fittest, the fittest is often just the most aware.
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The Darwinian concept of survival of the fittest is carefully woven into this pattern of man's struggles.
“The Kipling of the Klondike”: Naturalism in London's Early Fiction 2010
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So the survival of the fittest is not the stuff of which tragedy is made.
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So the survival of the fittest is not the stuff of which tragedy is made.
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