extinction
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Maybe we’re not as close to extinction as I once thought.
From Salon • Apr. 12, 2026
While the pair both wanted to be conservationists as children, neither knew they would be on the frontline of Wales' insurance policy against plant extinction.
From BBC • Apr. 11, 2026
It authorized the creation of the Endangered Species Act Committee, made up of federal agency leaders, which could grant exemptions to this prohibition on federal actions considered likely to risk extinction of a listed species.
From Salon • Apr. 7, 2026
A rare flower has been brought back from potential extinction in Guernsey.
From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026
Not all robins receive a lethal dose, but another consequence may lead to the extinction of their kind as surely as fatal poisoning.
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
Vocabulary lists containing extinction
South America - Middle School
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