extinct
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In 2002, Turner opened Ted’s Montana Grill, he said, to help recover an animal once nearly extinct, putting bison on menus in over a dozen states.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
But “buffalo” came first, and “bison” was gaining currency while the animal in question nearly went extinct.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
It could also be an amynodon, or “swamp rhino,” a member of an extinct family of of large-bodied herbivores that are distantly related to rhinos.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 24, 2026
The technique used skeletal material to investigate whether extinct animals were warm-blooded or cold-blooded.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 20, 2026
The stories still persisted—every now and then, someone would swear on whatever god they put faith in that they had seen a dragon in the river—but dragons were extinct.
From Anya and the Dragon by Sofiya Pasternack
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