extinction
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Growing up, Gallagher and his older brother played games like “Halo,” battling alien armies to save humanity from extinction.
From MarketWatch • May 23, 2026
Humans once hunted humpbacks to the edge of extinction, but their numbers have rebounded in recent decades.
From Barron's • May 20, 2026
He’s revived a weapon driven to extinction by the analytical addiction to the 3-pointer: the midrange jump shot.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 18, 2026
After being hunted to extinction a century ago, gray wolves are continuing their remarkable comeback story in California, with state wildlife officials reporting a modern record number of the apex predators.
From Los Angeles Times • May 16, 2026
It was the sound of panic itself, mounting and straining toward the extinction they all knew, individually, to be theirs.
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
Vocabulary lists containing extinction
South America - Middle School
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