extinction
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An official at the State Organisation for Turkmen Horses told AFP the breed was "on the brink of extinction", hailing the "interest" that has been shown from the country's leaders.
From Barron's • Jun. 5, 2026
AI pioneers Geoffrey Hinton and Yoshua Bengio, along with the CEOs of Anthropic and OpenAI, have publicly proclaimed to be “mitigating the risk of extinction from AI.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026
Male-female pair bonding is in no danger of extinction.
From Salon • Jun. 3, 2026
A rare bird that was previously on the brink of extinction in the UK is making a comeback, surveys have shown.
From BBC • May 29, 2026
In the Pacific Ocean, the main wave of extinction began in about 1500 BC, when Polynesian farmers settled the Solomon Islands, Fiji and New Caledonia.
From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari
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