threatened
adjective
threat·ened
ˈthre-tᵊnd 
: having an uncertain chance of continued survival
a threatened species
specifically
: likely to become an endangered species
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Getty Images/iStockphoto California has the second highest number listed, with nearly 300 endangered or threatened species.
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Grace Manthey, CBS News, 18 Apr. 2024
In 2007, the bald eagle was removed from the list of threatened and endangered species.
—Sydney Page, Washington Post, 3 Apr. 2024
Under the Endangered Species Act and the Sikes Act, the Department of Defense is legally obligated to protect the threatened and endangered species on its lands.
—Jen Guyton, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Apr. 2024
Some 131 endangered and threatened species live in and rely on the corridor for migration, genetic diversity, and more space from a fast-urbanizing state.
—Katie Hill, Outdoor Life, 11 Apr. 2024
State and federal officials said they were also hampered this winter in their ability to move water south through the system due to the presence of threatened and endangered fish species near pumping facilities in the south delta.
—Hayley Smith, Los Angeles Times, 23 Mar. 2024
Like Anna, other victims who didn’t comply with the group’s demands were derided, mocked, threatened, and extorted.
—Ali Winston, WIRED, 13 Mar. 2024
Critical habitat is a geographic area designated to provide physical or biological features imperative to conserving an endangered or threatened species.
—Hayleigh Evans, The Arizona Republic, 25 Jan. 2024
In August 2020, a fire that began near the turquoise waters of Lake Pukaki to the east raged across more than 7,600 acres of forest and scrub — including most of the Pukaki Scientific Reserve, damaging its threatened and declining vegetation.
—Rina Diane Caballar, Discover Magazine, 12 Nov. 2023
Grace Manthey, CBS News, 18 Apr. 2024
In 2007, the bald eagle was removed from the list of threatened and endangered species.
—Sydney Page, Washington Post, 3 Apr. 2024
Under the Endangered Species Act and the Sikes Act, the Department of Defense is legally obligated to protect the threatened and endangered species on its lands.
—Jen Guyton, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Apr. 2024
Some 131 endangered and threatened species live in and rely on the corridor for migration, genetic diversity, and more space from a fast-urbanizing state.
—Katie Hill, Outdoor Life, 11 Apr. 2024
State and federal officials said they were also hampered this winter in their ability to move water south through the system due to the presence of threatened and endangered fish species near pumping facilities in the south delta.
—Hayley Smith, Los Angeles Times, 23 Mar. 2024
Like Anna, other victims who didn’t comply with the group’s demands were derided, mocked, threatened, and extorted.
—Ali Winston, WIRED, 13 Mar. 2024
Critical habitat is a geographic area designated to provide physical or biological features imperative to conserving an endangered or threatened species.
—Hayleigh Evans, The Arizona Republic, 25 Jan. 2024
In August 2020, a fire that began near the turquoise waters of Lake Pukaki to the east raged across more than 7,600 acres of forest and scrub — including most of the Pukaki Scientific Reserve, damaging its threatened and declining vegetation.
—Rina Diane Caballar, Discover Magazine, 12 Nov. 2023
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“Threatened.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/threatened. Accessed 29 Apr. 2024.
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