extinct
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The PG release will test if the comedian’s pull extends to the multiplex, where original family comedies are virtually extinct.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026
Many Hindu nationalists fear that Hinduism is vulnerable and will go extinct.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 12, 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
These animals were part of the multituberculates, a long-lived group that first appeared during the Jurassic Period and persisted for more than 100 million years before eventually going extinct.
From Science Daily • Apr. 27, 2026
However, there are many other possibilities, ranging from large plants and animals to microorganisms, to extinct forms, to a planet that is now and was always lifeless.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
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