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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The escape and recapture comes weeks after two endangered tortoises were stolen from the zoo.
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Noe Padilla, IndyStar, 14 Nov. 2025
Examples include spending $40 billion a year to end world hunger by 2030 and paying around $2 billion a year to bring down the endangered species status of 10,433 animals, among other ways.
—Zack Sharf, Variety, 14 Nov. 2025
That is, the embrace of de-extinction technologies could lead to the false impression that endangered species need no protection because they can always be revived.
—JSTOR Daily, 13 Nov. 2025
Among them are putting an end to world hunger and disease, rebuilding the city of Gaza after it was obliterated in the Israel-Hamas war, and saving endangered species.
—Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 13 Nov. 2025
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Noe Padilla, IndyStar, 14 Nov. 2025
Examples include spending $40 billion a year to end world hunger by 2030 and paying around $2 billion a year to bring down the endangered species status of 10,433 animals, among other ways.
—Zack Sharf, Variety, 14 Nov. 2025
That is, the embrace of de-extinction technologies could lead to the false impression that endangered species need no protection because they can always be revived.
—JSTOR Daily, 13 Nov. 2025
Among them are putting an end to world hunger and disease, rebuilding the city of Gaza after it was obliterated in the Israel-Hamas war, and saving endangered species.
—Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 13 Nov. 2025
See All Example Sentences for endangered
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“Endangered.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/endangered. Accessed 22 Nov. 2025.
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