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• The ancient Italic languages that are now extinct include Oscan, Umbrian, and South Picene.From the entry italic
• Steller's sea cow was overhunted and became extinct in the 18th century.From the entry overhunt
• This volcano is dormant but not extinct.From the entry dormant
• She could stand on a rocky surface, scoop up a gloveful of dirt, and explore extinct volcanoes and ancient canyons.From the entry gloveful
• Long believed to be extinct, the purple-bellied speckled turtle was sighted for the first time in living memory in a remote pasture near Chicago.From the entry in living memory
• Some of the chelydrids are extinct.From the entry chelydrid
• Fruit doves are colorful, frugivorous (fruit-eating) doves found in forests and woodlands throughout Southeast Asia and Oceania. The genus comprises about 50 species, some threatened or already extinct.From the entry fruit dove
• Our goal with de-extinction is always create functional copies of these extinct species.2025 April 7, Katie Hunt, “Scientists say they have resurrected the dire wolf”, in CNN. From the entry de-extinction
• If the dinner party does become extinct, I will mourn its passing.2023 July 15, Rachel Cooke, “No, Nigella – dinner parties are great. Deliveroo just doesn’t cut it”, in The Observer, →ISSN. From the entry dinner party
• For over a century the La Gomera giant lizard (Gallotia bravoana) was thought to be extinct.2018, Tim Flannery, Europe: The First 100 Million Years, Penguin, published 2019, page 98. From the entry La Gomera giant lizard
• There are few creatures that embody the strangeness of the extinct quite like azhdarchids.2017 February 8, Elsa Panciroli, The Guardian. From the entry azhdarchid
• Scientists believe the Higgs bison were offspring of steppe bison and aurochs, an extinct breed of cattle.2016 October 19, Robby Berman, “Scientists Identify the Elusive Higgs Bison”, in Big Think, archived from the original on 05 Oct 2022. From the entry Higgs bison
• It is proportionally smaller than in any other pleurodeline, extant or extinct.2015 October 1, “An Extremely Peramorphic Newt (Urodela: Salamandridae: Pleurodelini) from the Latest Oligocene of Germany, and a New…. From the entry pleurodeline
• Nipa grass is another promising native crop once thought to be extinct.2015 March 13, Avelino Maestas, “Area residents attend NM Small Farm Conference”, in Silver City Daily Press, archived from the original…. From the entry nipa grass
• Below the foggy sea, there existed a town of extinct creatures of forgotten times.2013, Isaiah Lawrence, Hells Clouds. From the entry murklins
• Extinct forms like Dimetrodon and Velociraptor are grouped with their living relatives.2011, Matt Cartmill, Fred H. Smith, The Human Lineage, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN. From the entry wastebasket taxon
• Though now extinct, the rachni once threatened every species in Citadel space.2008, BioWare, Mass Effect, Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →ISBN, →OCLC, PC, scene: Rachni Codex entry. From the entry explorer
• The bluebuck, or blue antelope, was the first large African mammal to become extinct in historical times.2008, United Nations Environment Programme, Africa: Atlas of Our Changing Environment, page 26. From the entry bluebuck
• The scenario of humanity going extinct in the next century is a disjunctive event.2008, Eliezer Yudkowsky, “Cognitive Biases Potentially Affecting Judgment of Global Risks”, in Nick Bostrom, Milan M. Ćirković, editors…. From the entry existential risk
• I concur that homosexuality is contrasurvival in that members who don't reproduce go extinct.2004 November 22, jetgraphics, “In God We Trust”, in alt.christian.religion (Usenet), retrieved 22 Apr 2022. From the entry fetucide
• The Plutonians, who are almost extinct, once held a superscience that they have largely lost.1998, Everett F[ranklin] Bleiler, Richard Bleiler, “[Story Descriptions.] 1423. THE EARTHMAN’S BURDEN. Astounding Stories, June 1931, Ill.…. From the entry Plutonian
• Horses, like camels, had once been indigenous to Latin America but had become extinct.1997, Eduardo Galeano, Open Veins of Latin America: Five Centuries of the Pillage of a Continent, Monthly Review Press, page 17. From the entry indigenous
• Less than a year ago, the breed was considered extinct, the bloodlines thoroughly compromised.1997 November 30, Rutland Daily Herald, Rutland, Vt., page 103. From the entry equicide
• Under these conditions the late-hatching strategy quickly went extinct, usually within 10 years.1989, Bart Thomas De Stasio, Dormancy and egg banks of freshwater zooplankton: structure and dynamics. From the entry hatcher
• He was a weakling, a lewdster: with him the line of kings started from IkshWaku became extinct.1981, Sakhyānandasvāmikaḷ, Glimpses of Our Glorious Past. From the entry lewdster
• It is feared that any major change in its chemistry will render many of these species extinct.1967 July 2, Walter Sullivan, “Science; Threat to the Treasures of the World's Oldest Lake”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The…. From the entry crustacean
• Otherwise, they say, mankind will become extinct through lack of fertility.c. 1921 (date written), Karel Čapek, translated by Paul Selver, R.U.R. (Rossum’s Universal Robots): A Fantastic Melodrama […], Garden…. From the entry clamor
• The directive idea, however, is by no means extinct among biologists.1904, Science, Volume 20, The American Association for the Advancement of Science, page 88. From the entry extravital
• At the end of their quest, they declared that the species was likely extinct, a conclusion now widely supported.2021 March 30, J. B. MacKinnon, “An Entire Group of Whales Has Somehow Escaped Human Attention”, in The Atlantic. From the entry baiji
• Thylacines, or Tasmanian tigers, have been extinct on the mainland of Australia for at least two thousand years.2020, David Farrier, “The Moment Under the Moment”, in Footprints, 4th Estate, →ISBN. From the entry thylacine
• Megafauna are called ʻkeystone speciesʼ because when they become extinct the entire arch of the ecosystem can collapse.2018, Tim Flannery, Europe: A Natural History, page 227. From the entry keystone species

Meaning of extinct

1. adjective Of fire, etc.: no longer alight; of a light, etc.: no longer shining; extinguished, quenched.
2. adjective Of feelings, a person's spirit, a state of affairs, etc.: put out, as if like a fire; quenched, suppressed.
3. adjective Of customs, ideas, laws and legal rights, offices, organizations, languages, etc.: no longer existing or in use; defunct, discontinued, obsolete; specifically, of a title of nobility: no longer having any person qualified to hold it.

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Questions about extinct in a sentence

How do you use extinct in a sentence?

Extinct is used as an adjective, verb and noun. For example: “Edward’s cigarillo was extinct by the time he had finished talking.”

What is a short sentence with extinct?

“Some of the chelydrids are extinct.”

What does extinct mean?

Extinct means of fire, etc.: no longer alight; of a light, etc.: no longer shining; extinguished, quenched.