Sentence examples for endangered meaning from inspiring English sources

Of these, 1,940 are listed as critically endangered, meaning the species' numbers have decreased, or will decrease, by 80% within three generations".

All marine turtles are currently listed as endangered or critically endangered, meaning that they face a serious risk of extinction in the wild.

The UK Rare Breeds Survival Trust considers the breed to be "endangered", meaning that population numbers are estimated to be less than 500 in Great Britain.

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced Monday that it would list one subspecies of lion as "threatened" under the federal Endangered Species Act and another subspecies — of which only 900 remain in Africa — as "endangered," meaning it is at risk of extinction.

The animal's Sumatran cousin, the other species of orangutan, was already listed as critically endangered ― meaning all orangutans are now at "extremely high risk of extinction in the wild," IUCN said.

The large reptile is protected under the Endangered Species Act, meaning it is forbidden from being killed, poached or harassed in any way.

Judge Molloy ruled that protections for what is essentially a single species cannot be different in each state — either the wolf must be removed from the list or listed as an endangered species in every state, meaning throughout its range.

There were 104 species that migrated between the Mekong and Mun rivers, meaning the dam endangered the Mekong's ecosystem as well.

Words can be ambiguous; for example, the term endangered has multiple different meanings.

An estimated 250 adult Bawean warty pigs remain on the island, meaning the species could be listed as endangered, or even critically endangered, by the International Union for Conservation of Nature, researchers said.

Do you think that the historical origins of words like "blitzkrieg" and "ghetto" become endangered by the more general meanings they've evolved into?