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"extinction by" is a correct phrase commonly used in written English
It is typically used when discussing the cause or method of extinction of a certain species or object. Example: The population of the Dodo bird suffered extinction by overhunting and loss of habitat.
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— in effect, extinction by other means.
The Sixth Extinction by Elizabeth Kolbert was praised by all.
The country teeters dangerously close to extinction by absorption.
The wild oryx population had been hunted to extinction by 1972, when the conservation effort began.
These legendary films are among hundreds saved from extinction by the 1988 National Film Preservation Act.
(The bison, also known as wisents, were hunted nearly to extinction by the late eighteen-hundreds).
Meanwhile, the aboriginal population of the island is being hunted to extinction by white settlers.
They say that this infestation could drive Broughton's pink salmon to extinction by 2011.
Our first choice, No 1, will be The Sixth Extinction by Elizabeth Kolbert, published in 2014.
They are considered at high risk of extinction by the World Conservation Union.
"You save critters that are doomed for extinction by finding a job for them," he said.
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