as in defunct
no longer existing
a few overgrown ruins are all that remain of that once mighty but now extinct civilization
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Recent Examples of extinct
After nearly going extinct, elephant seals are a conservation success story.
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Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 13 Feb. 2025
According to Britannica, monk seals all over the world have been hunted extensively for fur, oil, and meat, and while some species are critically endangered, others, like the Carribean monk seals, have completely gone extinct.
—Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 8 Feb. 2025
According to the team, this could be a big leap towards preventing other marsupials from going extinct.
—Monica Cull, Discover Magazine, 6 Feb. 2025
After a dinosaur-killing asteroid struck the Earth near the Yucatán Peninsula in present day Mexico about 66 million years ago, about 75 percent of species on Earth eventually went extinct.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 5 Feb. 2025
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Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 13 Feb. 2025
According to Britannica, monk seals all over the world have been hunted extensively for fur, oil, and meat, and while some species are critically endangered, others, like the Carribean monk seals, have completely gone extinct.
—Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 8 Feb. 2025
According to the team, this could be a big leap towards preventing other marsupials from going extinct.
—Monica Cull, Discover Magazine, 6 Feb. 2025
After a dinosaur-killing asteroid struck the Earth near the Yucatán Peninsula in present day Mexico about 66 million years ago, about 75 percent of species on Earth eventually went extinct.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 5 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for extinct
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Separately, there's good news for those who had crypto at the now defunct FTX crypto exchange.—
Medora Lee,
USA TODAY,
19 Feb. 2025
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But in 2021, Wilks got a call from a friend who said that Mike Tyson wanted to talk about reviving his defunct cannabis company which had gone bust a few years earlier.—
Will Yakowicz,
Forbes,
16 Feb. 2025
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So many firsts, gone, charred to ash, just remnants of an area that once represented Black prosperity and joy.—
Maya Richard-Craven,
Forbes,
13 Jan. 2025
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The original pioneers were mostly busy making non-hyperpop or gone: SOPHIE tragically died in 2021; 100 gecs spent years toiling to make their zany stadium-rock second album.—
Kieran Press-Reynolds,
Pitchfork,
3 Oct. 2024
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After being pulled over for an expired license plate, McCoy shot the pair with a pistol.—
Alexandra Koch,
Fox News,
26 Feb. 2025
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Unlawful display of registration tab: At 5 p.m., deputies stopped a motorist at Lawrence Expressway and Prospect Road for expired registration.—
Anne Gelhaus,
The Mercury News,
7 Feb. 2025
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Net business investment – the money businesses spend to expand their capital after accounting for their investments to replace obsolete buildings and equipment – is at a relatively low level.—
Christian Weller,
Forbes,
20 Feb. 2025
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At its core, this is a painting about fading: H.M.S. Temeraire was a majestic old warship that had played an important part in the Battle of Trafalgar three decades earlier but, eventually, became militarily obsolete and had to be scrapped for parts.—
Jackson Arn,
The New Yorker,
10 Feb. 2025
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“Extinct.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/extinct. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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