go extinct

Example Sentences

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Many Hindu nationalists fear that Hinduism is vulnerable and will go extinct.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 12, 2026

We have become convinced that giving that up is tantamount to extinction—or maybe it’s just that we’d rather go extinct than have to give it up.

From Slate • May 14, 2025

"Both humans and Neanderthals go extinct in Europe at this time," he said.

From BBC • Dec. 12, 2024

Species most likely to go extinct sooner were endemic to islands, lacked the ability to fly, had larger bodies and sharply angled wings, and occupied ecologically specific niches, according to research published this month.

From Science Daily • Nov. 27, 2024

“Or else both will go extinct, like the dodos?”

From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood