gradual extinction
collocation in Englishmeaningsofgradualandextinction
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gradual
adjective
uk/ˈɡrædʒ.u.əl/us/ˈɡrædʒ.u.əl/
happening or changing slowly over a long period of time ...
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extinction
noun[U]
uk/ɪkˈstɪŋk.ʃən/us/ɪkˈstɪŋk.ʃən/
a situation in which something no ...
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(Definition ofgradualandextinctionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Hence,gradualextinctionpatterns prior to a mass extinction do not necessarily eliminate catastrophic extinction hypotheses.
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Although this concession should go a long way towards stopping thegradualextinctionof private companies, it will do something more immediately.
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It is to prevent thegradualextinctionof wild duck and wild geese, which is imminent owing to the commercialisation of their species.
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That is the choice we have to make—either artificial means to maintain the bulk, primary industries or, really theirgradualextinction.
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And it is probably only by so doing that we shall be able to prevent thegradualextinctionof democracy all over the world.
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Must we accept thegradualextinctionof newspaper after newspaper?
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The scheme provided for thegradualextinctionof these debts over fifteen years, but a very large amount has been paid off in the course of one year.
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Many people, whose opinion is worth regarding, have deplored thegradualextinction, through circumstances, through quickness of travel and ease of passage backwards and forwards, of that class.
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This ban led to thegradualextinctionof a line of specially trained "mahouts" or "phandis".
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