How to Use extinction in a Sentence

extinction

noun

• Mass extinctions of prehistoric animals are known to have occurred.
• But, other species remain on the brink of extinction in the U.S. and around the globe.
  — Clare Mulroy, USA TODAY, 29 Mar. 2024
• The species is at a high risk of extinction in the wild, according to the zoo.
  — Kate Linderman, Kansas City Star, 31 May 2024
• The process is called de-extinction and CNN 10 has the details.
  — CNN, 6 Mar. 2023
• That’s allowed the adorable island fox to bounce back from the brink of extinction.
  — WIRED, 24 Oct. 2022
• In August, the zoo added a red wolf habitat to help save the species from extinction.
  — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 29 Apr. 2024
• However, the species is facing a high risk of extinction in the wild.
  — Mallika Kallingal, CNN, 24 Feb. 2023
• With six current members set to leave for the Big 12 and Big Ten, the Pac-12 is suddenly on the verge of extinction.
  — Paul Myerberg, USA TODAY, 5 Aug. 2023
• Unless the dams are removed, Smith says, salmon and steelhead face the threat of extinction.
  — Cari Shane, Scientific American, 18 Oct. 2022
• In fact, towns along the Volga River that once thrived because of the caviar trade are collapsing in the wake of the near extinction of the species.
  — Joe Cermele, Field & Stream, 19 Oct. 2023
• The last extinction event of that magnitude was the one that killed off the dinosaurs 65 million years ago.
  — Catrin Einhorn, BostonGlobe.com, 19 Dec. 2022
• The Alaska Department of Fish and Game said that none of the state’s runs are facing extinction.
  — Julia O’Malley, New York Times, 19 July 2023
• For decades, the demand was so high that these fish were harvested to the brink of extinction in Europe.
  — Joe Cermele, Field & Stream, 19 Oct. 2023
• For the first time, scientists have photographed a large, elusive rat that’s on the brink of extinction.
  — Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 29 Nov. 2023
• One study found over half of the 360 living turtle and tortoise species are at risk of extinction.
  — Los Angeles Times, 11 Nov. 2022
• Together, these forces put the koala at the real risk of extinction.
  — Emily Anthes Chang W. Lee, New York Times, 15 Apr. 2024
• More than one-third of sharks worldwide are in danger of extinction.
  — Raj Tawney, The New Republic, 10 Jan. 2023
• At around the same time, volcanic eruptions led to global warming and the extinction of some plant species.
  — Will Sullivan, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 May 2024
• In the late 1800s, great egrets were hunted nearly to extinction because their plumes were prized for ladies’ hats.
  — Jennie Rothenberg Gritz, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Sep. 2023
• But neither of them ever expected to see a whale on the brink of extinction.
  — Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 July 2023
• Anže Peržin, Gaëlle Boucand) — Evolution and extinction from the point of view of rocks.
  — Mia Galuppo, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Dec. 2022
• So far, the team has offered a series of grainy videos and pictures to Fish and Wildlife to try to stave off an extinction verdict.
  — Arkansas Online, 25 Dec. 2022
• So just like that, because of a single wedding present an entire species was pushed to the brink of extinction.
  — Sam Sacks, WSJ, 11 Aug. 2023
• If only the world could hear these sounds, Payne reasoned, the humpback whale might just be saved from extinction.
  — Time, 11 Dec. 2022
• The world has been stripped of life, the soil poisoned, all animals driven to extinction.
  — Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Feb. 2023
• For the last four decades, the zoo has been working to bring California condors back from the brink of extinction.
  — Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 Apr. 2024
• The birth is a big deal for a number of reasons, including that bison were once on the brink of extinction.
  — Sydney Page, Washington Post, 27 Oct. 2022
• The scale of the threat is staggering, with over one-third of shark and ray species facing extinction due to overfishing alone.
  — Melissa Cristina Márquez, Forbes, 17 Feb. 2024
• This was a factor in the near extinction of grizzlies in the lower 48 states and is a factor in human resistance to their presence.
  — Aaron Shattuck, Scientific American, 15 Oct. 2024
• Koala are listed as vulnerable to extinction in the state.
  — NBC News, 9 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 5 Nov 2024