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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Manatees are classified by the federal government as a threatened species.
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News Service Of Florida, The Orlando Sentinel, 19 May 2025
In 2015, WildEarth Guardians, an environmental nonprofit group, petitioned the FWS to list Joshua trees as a threatened species, but a second 2023 species status assessment by the FWS found that neither Joshua tree species -- Yucca brevifolia and Yucca jaegeriana -- requires protections.
—Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 14 May 2025
Liley, the agency official, said the new money, along with a separate conservation fund established in 2023, will more than double the state’s investment in helping threatened species.
—Tribune News Service, Boston Herald, 11 May 2025
Canada has hit back with tariffs on $60 billion of American goods, with more threatened, while some provincial leaders have acted to remove U.S. alcohol from sale.
—Paul Du Quenoy, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Mar. 2025
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News Service Of Florida, The Orlando Sentinel, 19 May 2025
In 2015, WildEarth Guardians, an environmental nonprofit group, petitioned the FWS to list Joshua trees as a threatened species, but a second 2023 species status assessment by the FWS found that neither Joshua tree species -- Yucca brevifolia and Yucca jaegeriana -- requires protections.
—Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 14 May 2025
Liley, the agency official, said the new money, along with a separate conservation fund established in 2023, will more than double the state’s investment in helping threatened species.
—Tribune News Service, Boston Herald, 11 May 2025
Canada has hit back with tariffs on $60 billion of American goods, with more threatened, while some provincial leaders have acted to remove U.S. alcohol from sale.
—Paul Du Quenoy, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Mar. 2025
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“Threatened.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/threatened. Accessed 14 Jun. 2025.
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