extinct
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During 32 dives to the site, explorers collected samples from 485 whale-fossil sites and active whale falls, and found a treasure trove of remains, including one extinct whale's skeleton.
From BBC • Jun. 10, 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
To test these assumptions, we analysed more than 500 teeth from 27 primate species, both extinct and living.
From Science Daily • Jun. 8, 2026
But an ingredient for encouraging development of outdoor kids becoming extinct: neighborhoods—the kinds where moms at home and older adults watched over the young ones.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 31, 2026
They would therefore, in the Book of Living Things, be marked: Presumed extinct.
From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell
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