extinction
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A safari in Spain banks on sightings of Europe’s rarest wild cat, which has been brought back from the verge of extinction.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 30, 2026
After all, because of the predominance of farming across Europe, the likely alternative long-term was extinction.
From Science Daily • May 30, 2026
Humans once hunted humpbacks to the edge of extinction, but their numbers have rebounded in recent decades.
From Barron's • May 20, 2026
On the verge of extinction, Kentish milkwort became the focus of urgent conservation action in 2013.
From BBC • May 16, 2026
One of the few circumstances that save us from extinction by this means is the fact that parathion and other chemicals of this 0 group are decomposed rather rapidly.
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
Vocabulary lists containing extinction
South America - Middle School
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Life Science: Genetics and Evolution
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