adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
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fish
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Please try to avoid feeding aggressive, predatory fish such as Piranha or Lionfish with other live fish.
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It is well that large, predatory fish fast and the Red Tailed catfish is no exception.
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One example of this concerns the deadly sea snake and a variety of predatory fish .
pricing
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The parallel is with the treatment of predatory pricing in competition policy.
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The welfare analysis of predatory pricing is also generally ambiguous.
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The Court upheld the Commission's decision, setting criteria to identify predatory pricing .
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That paper found no hard evidence linking predatory pricing and negligent auditing.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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predatory sales practices
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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But however the goals of their lowland neighbours have shifted over time, they have remained essentially predatory .
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Forest boy, like Forest girl, had found out too soon about the predatory appetites of the fully grown.
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His smooth face was slashed open by his predatory mouth, as if an invisible hatchet were biting into fruit.
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The predatory gleam in his eyes told her in no uncertain manner that he wanted her too.
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This area of Falkirk has always had a resident population of these handsome but predatory birds.
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This behaviour is typical of many predatory mammals - and indeed birds.
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While Hyacinth awarded marks, others, just as predatory , were giving her the eye.