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endangered

[en-deyn-jerd] / ɛnˈdeɪn dʒərd /
ADJECTIVE
imperiled
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Gray wolves are a federally protected endangered species and illegal to kill in California.

From Los Angeles Times • May 16, 2026

Gonzalez doesn’t believe the middle manager is an endangered species, but job details will evolve, she said.

From MarketWatch • May 7, 2026

One species has been successfully reintroduced to its Polynesian island home – the first invertebrate ever to be downlisted from extinct in the wild to critically endangered.

From BBC • Apr. 28, 2026

But the destruction of forests means that woodland caribou are threatened or endangered, and the population in Jasper National Park is so small that it is heading toward extinction.

From Slate • Apr. 28, 2026

Living creatures were oblivious, of course, in no way endangered, no matter how powerful the Afterlife grew.

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman




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