extinct
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I’m no Luddite, though I did cling to my BlackBerry, with its winning Lilliputian keyboard, surrendering reluctantly to an iPhone only when the BlackBerry became extinct.
Dragons live for a tremendous time, of course, but during the second century of this blight, they began to fear that their kind would become extinct after all.
From Literature
Once thought extinct, they were rediscovered in a metal culvert in 1986.
From Los Angeles Times
Her articles delve into findings from ancient DNA about our ancestors, and the bones and lifestyles of extinct species.
The AI detected striking similarities between some dinosaur footprints and the feet of both extinct and modern birds.
From Science Daily
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