excerpt

noun

ˈek-ˌsərpt How to pronounce excerpt (audio)
Definition of excerptnext
as in quotation
a part taken from a longer work he'll read an excerpt from the novel at the book signing

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Recent Examples of excerpt Visitors to the website can share names and stories about the Washington who impacted their lives and see extended versions of the banner excerpts. — Darcel Rockett, Chicago Tribune, 6 Aug. 2026 According to Cofnas, the excerpts were flagged by a plagiarism detection software, which found similarities with another scholar’s 2009 dissertation. — Carly Tagen-Dye, PEOPLE, 6 Aug. 2026 Spotify and the Billboard Lyric Campaign Days before release, Grande partnered with Spotify to place unreleased petal lyrics on billboards in New York, Los Angeles, Mexico City and Sao Paulo, with five excerpts personally selected by Grande. — Olivia Shalhoup, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2026 This is an excerpt from Ivy’s new cookbook, My Southern Kitchen. — Ivy Odom, Southern Living, 1 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for excerpt
Recent Examples of Synonyms for excerpt
  1. quotation
  2. extract
  3. passage
  4. clip
  5. citation
  6. snippet
Noun
  • The evocative title is a quotation from the 13th century Persian poet Rumi.
    — Julia M. Klein, Los Angeles Times, 3 Aug. 2026
  • Like Paul Schrader’s 1982 version of the latter, this is an upscale genre piece whose pretensions towards Art are upfront, starting with a quotation from no less than Schopenhauer.
    — Dennis Harvey, Variety, 30 July 2026
Definition of quotation
Noun
  • The licorice root extract helps with any inflammation and hyperpigmentation, and prickly pear extract to add more hydration and antioxidant protection.
    — Audrey Noble, Vogue, 10 Aug. 2026
  • Using the same spoofing method as in the Silver attack, the attacker dumps Chrome's process memory and extracts the master key that protects the passkey's private key.
    — Jon Martindale, PC Magazine, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of extract
Noun
  • In fact, the arrest of Hoffa and the closure of the Studebaker car plant were major catalysts for the passage of ERISA.
    — Sheila Weinberg, Baltimore Sun, 9 Aug. 2026
  • Democrats had sought additional provisions that could have imperiled its passage.
    — Kaia Hubbard, CBS News, 8 Aug. 2026
Definition of passage
Noun
  • Despite threats of a blockade of the Red Sea’s Bab-al-Mandeb strait from Iran’s Houthi allies, ship traffic has been flowing at a close-to-normal clip through that waterway in recent weeks.
    — David Goldman, CNN Money, 12 Aug. 2026
  • Rather than generating videos one still image at a time—Will Smith eating spaghetti is Eadweard Muybridge’s horse for the internet age—these newer programs can generate a short video clip all at once.
    — Kara McGrath, Allure, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of clip
Noun
  • Seer Interactive found that without a profile on a review site like G2 or Trustpilot, a brand's median AI citation rate was 1%.
    — Parry Headrick, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026
  • However, the county says the property owners are appealing the citations.
    — Steve Maugeri, CBS News, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of citation
Noun
  • Listen to snippets of the band's music and read more about the subgenre.
    — Brittney Melton, NPR, 10 Aug. 2026
  • Since then, the pair has gone viral for sharing snippets of their friendship online, from lip-syncing to dancing and more.
    — Meredith Wilshere, PEOPLE, 8 Aug. 2026
Definition of snippet

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