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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In an article published this month in the journal The Yearbook of Polar Law, Tsiouvalas and his co-authors, Mana Tugend and Romain Chuffart, argue that piecemeal updates to current laws simply will never keep up with this fast-changing and threatened environment.
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Brett Simpson, The Atlantic, 26 Dec. 2025
And, at least two monkey species were transferred to the exhibit from other zoos through a similar cooperative breeding and management program for threatened and endangered animals.
—Mona Darwish, Oc Register, 21 Dec. 2025
Alligators are native to Florida and are a threatened species protected under federal and state law.
—Kelli Bender, PEOPLE, 5 Dec. 2025
Trump agreed to delay his threatened 100 percent tariff on Chinese goods and reduce an existing duty on certain fentanyl precursor chemicals from 20 percent to 10 percent.
—Robert Birsel, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Nov. 2025
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Brett Simpson, The Atlantic, 26 Dec. 2025
And, at least two monkey species were transferred to the exhibit from other zoos through a similar cooperative breeding and management program for threatened and endangered animals.
—Mona Darwish, Oc Register, 21 Dec. 2025
Alligators are native to Florida and are a threatened species protected under federal and state law.
—Kelli Bender, PEOPLE, 5 Dec. 2025
Trump agreed to delay his threatened 100 percent tariff on Chinese goods and reduce an existing duty on certain fentanyl precursor chemicals from 20 percent to 10 percent.
—Robert Birsel, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Nov. 2025
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“Threatened.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/threatened. Accessed 27 Dec. 2025.
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