extant
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"Once we have the CT model from the fossil, we can take material properties from extant animals and make it as if our Thrinaxodon came alive," Luo said.
From Science Daily • Jan. 19, 2026
Julia Eichelberger, a Welty scholar and the editor of this collection, notes that the first extant letter between Lyell and Welty is from 1931, after they’d been at Columbia a year.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 27, 2025
According to the Department of Business and Trade, 161 of the extant licences relate to military products.
From BBC • Jul. 22, 2025
You could see details in saddles and costumes, and the building were still extant.
From Salon • Jun. 3, 2024
He instantly recognized that the bones did not belong to any extant species and hence must be very old.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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