as in defunct
no longer existing
a few overgrown ruins are all that remain of that once mighty but now extinct civilization
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Recent Examples of extinct
There’s a Mooi wallcovering where extinct animals hide within jungle fauna in one and a freestanding Aura by Antoniolupi sink that glows translucent yellow in the other.
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Sandra Barrera, Oc Register, 24 Apr. 2026
Single-family rentals are a modern version of a starter home, which have gone nearly extinct in the United States.
—Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN Money, 24 Apr. 2026
Biologist José Lima from Ilheus University discovered the miniature blooms of a Goethea plant here, thought to be extinct, as well as identifying 96 species of tree, three unknown.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Apr. 2026
The population could go extinct without intervention, and state wildlife officials listed the pumas as threatened earlier this year.
—Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 23 Apr. 2026
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Sandra Barrera, Oc Register, 24 Apr. 2026
Single-family rentals are a modern version of a starter home, which have gone nearly extinct in the United States.
—Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN Money, 24 Apr. 2026
Biologist José Lima from Ilheus University discovered the miniature blooms of a Goethea plant here, thought to be extinct, as well as identifying 96 species of tree, three unknown.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Apr. 2026
The population could go extinct without intervention, and state wildlife officials listed the pumas as threatened earlier this year.
—Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 23 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for extinct
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The Herald also contacted two other individuals who were listed as company executives in the now-defunct website of Brown’s GlobalCast Partners.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
29 Apr. 2026
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Michael Dell, Dell Technologies The future PC mogul sold subscriptions to the now-defunct Houston Post as a teenager, and quietly invented the playbook that would become Dell.—
Sydney Lake,
Fortune,
29 Apr. 2026
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Room by room, the author takes us through the house, now long gone.—
Mary Ann Grossmann,
Twin Cities,
8 Feb. 2026
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Retaining Hall, 39, keeps one familiar face from Dart’s rookie year on the offensive side of the building for his second NFL season, with Brian Daboll, Mike Kafka and Shea Tierney all long gone.—
Pat Leonard,
New York Daily News,
31 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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Using expired insulin may cause skin problems.—
Carrie Madormo,
Verywell Health,
22 Apr. 2026
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The place also had an expired Division of Hotels and Restaurants license.—
David J. Neal,
Miami Herald,
17 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Crucially, this is not an argument that campuses are obsolete.—
Ian Gibson,
Mercury News,
29 Apr. 2026
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Satellite redundancy reshapes the economics of orbital conflict The logic of disabling a network by targeting a few critical satellites is increasingly obsolete.—
Bojan Stojkovski,
Interesting Engineering,
26 Apr. 2026
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“Extinct.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/extinct. Accessed 1 May. 2026.
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