endangered
adjective
en·dan·gered
in-ˈdān-jərd 
en-
: being or relating to an endangered species
an endangered bird
put on the endangered list
Examples of endangered in a Sentence
a daring attempt to rescue the endangered passengers from the burning boat
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From helping endangered species recover to protecting food sources, my bill to safeguard biodiversity in our coastal ecosystems is crucial, common-sense legislation.
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Kaitlyn Schallhorn, Orange County Register, 18 Feb. 2025
Read Next Texas Two rare, endangered whales swim off usual course.
—Mitchell Willetts, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 11 Feb. 2025
Trump has criticized Newsom’s administration for opposing his water management plans on the grounds of protecting the Delta smelt, an endangered species of fish.
—Joseph Lawler, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 10 Feb. 2025
The kind of profile that Ross pioneered, and that gave such an impetus to the New Journalism—a genuinely great episode in American letters, breaching boundaries between reporting and narrative that should never have existed—has become something of an endangered species.
—Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 10 Feb. 2025
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Kaitlyn Schallhorn, Orange County Register, 18 Feb. 2025
Read Next Texas Two rare, endangered whales swim off usual course.
—Mitchell Willetts, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 11 Feb. 2025
Trump has criticized Newsom’s administration for opposing his water management plans on the grounds of protecting the Delta smelt, an endangered species of fish.
—Joseph Lawler, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 10 Feb. 2025
The kind of profile that Ross pioneered, and that gave such an impetus to the New Journalism—a genuinely great episode in American letters, breaching boundaries between reporting and narrative that should never have existed—has become something of an endangered species.
—Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 10 Feb. 2025
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“Endangered.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/endangered. Accessed 4 Mar. 2025.
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