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extinct

[ik-stingkt] / ɪkˈstɪŋkt /


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Maybe not enough to make humans go extinct.

From Salon • Jun. 15, 2026

Colossal Biosciences claims to be on the road to reviving another extinct species.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026

Studies indicate that the species - which was only discovered in 2017 - will go extinct if it continues to lose more than 1% of its population annually.

From BBC • Jun. 11, 2026

A new, though extinct, species of whale was also identified among the nearly 500 skeletons found up to 7,000 metres deep along a 1,200 kilometre corridor of bones in the Indian Ocean west of Australia.

From Barron's • Jun. 10, 2026

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 "Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher" by Bruce Coville




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