How to Use endangered species in a Sentence

endangered species

noun
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  • Romantic comedies are an endangered species these days.
    — Dave Nemetz, TVLine, 23 Sep. 2024
  • The species was added to the added to the list of threatened and endangered species in 1967.
    — Anna M. Phillips, Los Angeles Times, 24 Mar. 2021
  • All spotted and striped cats were on endangered species lists in the late ‘70s.
    — Jared Ranahan, Forbes, 2 Jan. 2023
  • But in 1999, they were removed from the endangered species list.
    — Li Cohen, CBS News, 6 May 2024
  • In 1967, it was added to the federal list of endangered species.
    — Scott Dance, baltimoresun.com, 17 Nov. 2021
  • Gray whales were removed from the endangered species list in 1994.
    — Gene Johnson, Anchorage Daily News, 7 Oct. 2022
  • The bald eagle was removed from the list of threatened or endangered species in 2007.
    — NBC News, 25 Mar. 2021
  • In 2016, the giant panda was taken off the list of endangered species.
    — Mahika Gupta, ABC News, 30 Sep. 2023
  • As of 2016, the giant panda has been removed from the endangered species list.
    — Kelly Bowman, CNN, 20 Sep. 2024
  • They were registered under the endangered species act in the U.S. in 1973.
    — Helena Skinner, ABC News, 4 July 2023
  • This allows the zoo to improve the chances of successful mating and boost the numbers of the endangered species.
    — Erin Clack, Peoplemag, 22 Nov. 2023
  • The project is attempting to keep the frogs off the federal endangered species list.
    — From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 7 Sep. 2021
  • The Rangers need to reverse the trend before the double becomes an endangered species.
    — Evan Grant, Dallas News, 29 Apr. 2021
  • That same year, Nevada became the first state with its own endangered species laws.
    — Katie Hill, Outdoor Life, 29 Nov. 2023
  • The world’s largest turtle species has been on the federal endangered species list since 1973.
    — From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 19 Oct. 2021
  • That’s a testament to their recovery as a species, which was once on the endangered species list.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 11 May 2021
  • Kozlovich said the ducks are koloa, ducks native to Hawaii that are on the federal endangered species list.
    — Washington Post, 15 July 2021
  • White says the birth is a sign of hope for the endangered species, which is threatened by hunting and habitat loss in its native Papua New Guinea.
    — Nell Lewis; Video By Sandy Thin, CNN, 9 Mar. 2023
  • The young chimp’s move is the first in a series of changes at both institutions that will eventually lead to the growth of the endangered species.
    — Dallas News, 23 Jan. 2022
  • The eastern north Pacific gray whale was removed from the endangered species list in 1994.
    — Amanda Zhou, Anchorage Daily News, 17 July 2023
  • But other scientists say there’s a steep price to keeping them on the endangered species list.
    — The New York Times Elaine Chen Emily Anthes, New York Times, 18 May 2023
  • The bobcat was recognized as an endangered species in the state until 2005.
    — Sarah Bowman, The Indianapolis Star, 17 Jan. 2024
  • In her last years, Jessie’s mother had been preoccupied with the plight of a series of endangered species.
    — Jessica Francis Kane, Harper's Magazine, 20 Nov. 2023
  • An endangered species is one deemed at risk of extinction.
    — Arian Campo-Flores, WSJ, 23 June 2021
  • Missing animals and an endangered species' death have rocked the zoo.
    — Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 31 Jan. 2023
  • Ingram says this rebound is more likely a result of sea turtles being added to the endangered species list in the 1970s.
    — Rebekah Castor, Fox News, 20 Aug. 2022
  • The success of this project is a harbinger of good things for other endangered species, experts say.
    — Julia Daye, Sacramento Bee, 31 May 2024
  • The fox, which is on the endangered species list, was believed to have been gone from the entire Sierra until it was seen 13 years ago in the Sonora Pass area, west of Bridgeport.
    — Kate Galbraith, San Francisco Chronicle, 24 Jan. 2023
  • The majestic bird of prey was added to the state Department of Natural Resources endangered species list in the 1970s.
    — Meg Jones, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 22 Mar. 2020
  • The state bounty was active until 1975, the same year the massasauga was placed on the Wisconsin list of endangered species.
    — Paul A. Smith, Journal Sentinel, 14 Aug. 2022

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