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the state or fact of being rendered nonexistent, physically unsound, or useless
the state's population of moose has been replenished, having once been hunted almost to extinction
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Recent Examples of extinction
The canonical work of Edward Curtis established the tragic view and elegiac rhetoric of Native people as noble savages unassimilable to Progress and hence destined for cultural, if not biological, extinction.
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Literary Hub, 11 Sep. 2025
The team highlights that this dating method is important for understanding dinosaur evolution, extinction events, and environmental changes during the Late Cretaceous period.
—Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 11 Sep. 2025
The International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) estimates that more than a third of shark species are now threatened with extinction.
—Alice Gibbs, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Sep. 2025
While the vaccine is exciting, the other factors driving koalas to extinction must be addressed.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 10 Sep. 2025
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Literary Hub, 11 Sep. 2025
The team highlights that this dating method is important for understanding dinosaur evolution, extinction events, and environmental changes during the Late Cretaceous period.
—Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 11 Sep. 2025
The International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) estimates that more than a third of shark species are now threatened with extinction.
—Alice Gibbs, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Sep. 2025
While the vaccine is exciting, the other factors driving koalas to extinction must be addressed.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 10 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for extinction
Noun
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The developing cauldron would trap Russian troops with few options beyond surrender or destruction.—
David Kirichenko,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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Earth, meanwhile, has so far been unable to bring about its own destruction.—
Quanta Magazine,
Quanta Magazine,
15 Sep. 2025
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The devastation was swift and heartbreaking and resulted in one of the worst natural disasters in the area’s history.—
Graham Averill,
Outside,
16 Sep. 2025
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At festivals, word of mouth travels fast, and before long, a movie that promises complete emotional devastation becomes the hottest ticket in town.—
Joe Reid,
Vulture,
12 Sep. 2025
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Turner made some key adjustments at the plate for this season to focus on creating havoc on the basepaths rather than hitting just for power.—
Peter Chawaga,
MSNBC Newsweek,
15 Sep. 2025
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Offensive line woes help Falcons cause havoc There were other issues leading to the problems that McCarthy faced, including injuries to backup left tackle Justin Skule and center Ryan Kelly.—
Steve Silverman,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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The expansion team has lost each of its last five games against the Lynx, and most recently suffered one of their worst losses of the season in Game 1 on Sunday in a 29-point defeat.—
Nathan Canilao,
Mercury News,
17 Sep. 2025
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The biggest losses were reported in the District of Columbia ($34,400), Florida ($32,100), and Montana ($26,900).—
Giulia Carbonaro,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Sep. 2025
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Barcelona’s municipal government, which has been contending with a housing crisis that stems, in part, from the conversion of many apartments into Airbnbs, has yet to decide whether to allow the demolition, but Sagrada Família officials are resolute.—
D. T. Max,
New Yorker,
15 Sep. 2025
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But the situation quickly changed when the Department of Government Efficiency, led at the time by Elon Musk, began its demolition in the name of reducing waste in federal bureaucracy.—
Zack Savitsky,
Quanta Magazine,
15 Sep. 2025
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Yet this divide-and-conquer approach, combined with the relentless attacks on civilians, has also entrenched resistance among ordinary Gazans, who now perceive Israel as undertaking a war of extermination.—
Leila Seurat,
Foreign Affairs,
26 Aug. 2025
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Palestinians and Israeli Jews also came to regard the other side’s actions as fulfillments of their own national nightmares, ethnic cleansing for one and extermination for the other.—
Hussein Agha,
New Yorker,
22 Aug. 2025
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“Extinction.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/extinction. Accessed 19 Sep. 2025.
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