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Meaning of "only extant"

When something is referred to as 'only extant,' it means that it is the sole existing or surviving example or instance of a particular thing. This phrase is commonly used in the context of historical artifacts, documents, species, or records to emphasize that there are no other known or preserved examples. 'Only extant' highlights the uniqueness or rarity of the subject being discussed

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The only extant synapsids today are mammals.
Neoconservatism is the only extant political ideology.
The only extant species of wild horse.
Gingko biloba is the only extant member.
It is the only extant member of the family.
Since his house was demolished it is the only extant remnant of that estate.
The only extant original bridge is located here.
Moschus is the only extant genus.
The only extant piece of the cantus firmus genre.
This new edition is based on the only extant manuscript source.
Only extant states are listed.
Sirenians are the only extant herbivorous marine mammals.
Only extant teams are listed.
It is the only extant member of.
Only extant letter by Emperor Takakura.

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This sonata is his only extant composition for violin solo.
In this Rohanpur-Nauda area this building is the only extant monument.
Lampreys are the only extant vertebrate to have four eyes.
Planocephalosaurus 's teeth were also fused with the cartilage, unlike its only extant relative the tuatara.
His only extant works are the four books of elegies.
The three orangutan species are the only extant members of the subfamily Ponginae.
The only extant species of this genus is Wallago attu.
The leatherback sea turtle is the only extant member of the family Dermochelyidae.
The only extant member of the group is the Chuvash language.
Dermochelys coriacea is the only extant species of the Dermochelyidae family.
The only extant member of the genus is the great white shark Carcharodon carcharias.
This is believed to be the only extant private theatre designed by Bakst.
The only extant ice sheets are the two that cover most of Antarctica and Greenland.
The crowned eagle is the only extant member of the genus Stephanoaetus.
The only extant group of Communists is the politically insignificant Union of Communists.
The two orangutan species are the only extant members of the subfamily Ponginae.
It is the only extant member of both the genus Tichodroma and the family Tichodromidae.
In some cases Davis provides the only extant image of certain people and places.
The only extant piece of his is the conductus Congaudeant Catholici.
This magnificent architectural ensemble is the only extant Tatar fortress in Russia.
It is the only extant medieval portrait of Rustaveli.
Security was a product of the US being the only extant economy following World War II.
It is the only extant species of the genus Phractocephalus.
In taxonomy, Homo sapiens is the only extant human species.
It is the only extant order in the subclass Phyllocarida.
The main hall of Jōruri-ji is the only extant example of these halls.
It is the only extant species in the genus Eretmochelys.
While Mendes was evidently a prolific composer, his works are only extant in manuscript.
Nautiluses are the only extant cephalopods which have an external shell.
Egyptian monasteries translated many Greek and Syriac words, which are now only extant in Coptic.
Nautiluses are the only extant cephalopods with a true external shell.
Subspecies of H. sapiens include Homo sapiens idaltu and the only extant subspecies, Homo sapiens sapiens.
It is the only extant species in the genus Chelus.
Anraku-ji is best known for having the only extant octagonal pagoda in Japan.
It is the only extant species in the genus Lophodytes.

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