on the verge of extinction

collocation in English

meaningsofon,vergeandextinction

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on
preposition
uk
/ɒn/us
/ɑːn/
used to show that something is in a position above something else and touching it, or that something is moving into such ...
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verge
noun[C]
uk
/vɜːdʒ/us
/vɝːdʒ/
the edge or border ...
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extinction
noun[U]
uk
/ɪkˈstɪŋk.ʃən/us
/ɪkˈstɪŋk.ʃən/
a situation in which something no ...
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(Definition ofon,vergeandextinctionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Taking this approach to its extreme, it seems that unless a musical style is on thevergeofextinction, it is not authentic.
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What is remarkable is that it occurred at all, for academic degrees in general must have seemed then on thevergeofextinction.
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We have also provided evidence to show that even linguistic features on thevergeofextinction, and especially relic forms, will continue to retain diachronic patterns in systematic linguistic conditioning.
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It also helped to remove some of the stigma previously attached to regional culture at a time when cultural forms such as maracatu were on thevergeofextinction.
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In some cases—for example, the great apes—this has brought some species to thevergeofextinction.
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He has been starved literally to thevergeofextinction.
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Hats are on thevergeofextinction, and the hunt for the hat is hard going, the quarry being elusive.
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Many are now on thevergeofextinction.
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In the past four years, agriculture has been brought to thevergeofextinction.
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It has already been in the doldrums for a couple of years and could now be on thevergeofextinction.
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Many of these small firms are already struggling and many are on thevergeofextinction.
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For birds of prey and a few species on thevergeofextinctionin the rest of the country it may mark an improvement.
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One side wants the total conservation of a long list of species that are on thevergeofextinction.
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The place was on thevergeofextinction; it was saved just in time, and only just in time.
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The eagle and the wild cat, the bittern and some of the greater lepidoptera, are no longer on thevergeofextinction, but very much is still threatened.
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At present, the population is on thevergeofextinctionwith individual populations numbering approximately 40.
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Today they are only maintained by the older generations and are on thevergeofextinction.
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Following the take over of the temple, the royal family came to thevergeofextinctiondue to the absence of progeny.
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The drell, whom were on thevergeofextinction, were relocated and uplifted on the hanar's homeworld.
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Manx is not even losing ground, languishing, or on thevergeofextinction.
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