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excerpt
excerpt
noun
Definition of EXCERPT
a part taken from a longer work <he'll read an excerpt from the novel at the book signing>
Related Words clip, snippet, sound bite; citation, quotation; locus classicus, longueur, purple passage; context; sample, selection
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