extinct
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In 2014-15, she helped with a county-wide survey, but said: "We searched diligently but very sadly concluded that water voles were functionally extinct in Surrey."
From BBC • Jun. 2, 2026
Watched and photographed by a host of humans, the annual migration of the sandhill crane, once nearly extinct, begins from an Indiana wetland in the twilight of late fall.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026
Famous examples include the giant tortoises of the Galapagos and the extinct Dodo of Mauritius.
From Science Daily • May 28, 2026
Colossal’s latest announcement was that it has hatched 26 chickens in an “artificial egg” — a “foundational step,” it said, “toward resurrecting extinct bird species” such as the New Zealand giant moa and the dodo.
From Los Angeles Times • May 21, 2026
The children politely explained that they had slept perfectly well, but that their species was in the midst of going extinct and would soon be no more.
From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood
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