How to Use extraction in a Sentence
extraction
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By the second, Pugh will have to use the skills she's learned to get them to their extraction point.
—Lester Fabian Brathwaite, EW.com, 16 Aug. 2022
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Then came proof of the dangers of unchecked extraction.
—Gaiutra Bahadur Keisha Scarville, New York Times, 30 Mar. 2024
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The beans ground with water had a longer extraction time and a stronger brew, even if they were made with the same beans.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 7 Dec. 2023
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The thing about systemic trauma is that it is built on the extraction of joy.
—Quartz, 22 Feb. 2023
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Still, the group had no way to stop extraction that was already going on.
—Allison Keeley, The New Yorker, 3 Aug. 2022
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For many of us, this will be how we are most exposed to the damage caused by the extraction machine.
—Callum Cant, The Mercury News, 30 July 2024
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This is the safest and most effective method of extraction.
—The Salt Lake Tribune, 19 May 2022
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Bill Cassidy put the sharpest point on the cost of a quick turn away from fossil-fuel extraction.
—Andrew McKean, Outdoor Life, 24 Feb. 2021
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That is the effective extraction limit of the pumps, many of which now lie abandoned.
—Fred Pearce, WIRED, 9 Mar. 2024
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The groups raced against the clock to find their extraction point before being captured.
—Stephanie Wenger, People.com, 6 Feb. 2025
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The medical risk posed by tooth extraction is quite small, even in a person in their 80s.
—Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive, 20 June 2022
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That’s why pretty much every derm out there will beg you to keep your hands (and extraction tools) off your face.
—Jenna Ryu, SELF, 18 Oct. 2024
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My first instinct was to try to smooth the bumps with a scrub and attempt a mini DIY extraction—never a good idea.
—Erica Metzger, Better Homes & Gardens, 28 Sep. 2021
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The movie begins in Trieste, Italy, where an extraction goes south.
—Jordan Hoffman, EW.com, 16 Aug. 2024
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While care should be taken during the seed extraction, adults and children will find the process fun and worthwhile.
—Derek Carwood, Better Homes & Gardens, 20 July 2023
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Other labs leave out this extraction step to speed up the process but that can lead to more false negatives, Payne said.
—Shari Rudavsky, The Indianapolis Star, 9 Nov. 2021
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In 2018, a detainee died after a cell extraction in a San Diego County jail.
—Christopher Damien, New York Times, 18 May 2024
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As fans should know, the state’s pillage people have other means of extraction.
—K. Lloyd Billingsley, Orange County Register, 25 Feb. 2024
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The extraction of gold results in operating costs for the gold mine.
—Philipp Sandner, Forbes, 4 Mar. 2021
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Three ships for containment have been deployed, the coast guard said, aiming to finish the extraction in a week.
—Mithil Aggarwal, NBC News, 26 July 2024
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And yes, the oak extraction is pronounced as a consequence.
—Brad Japhe, Forbes.com, 22 June 2025
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During the extraction process, flavonoids and terpenes are removed from the cannabis plant to produce CBD isolate.
—The Salt Lake Tribune, 5 Sep. 2023
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The shift from a model that is not just extractive of user data — but where, to borrow a phrase, extraction is the point.
—Brian Merchant, Los Angeles Times, 27 Apr. 2023
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Where the coal is from determines how straightforward rare earth extraction would be, the study found.
—Laura Paddison, CNN, 6 Dec. 2024
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As a bonus, the tool includes four suction heads and four stainless steel extraction tools—all for under $25.
—Sam Peters, ELLE, 21 Jan. 2023
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Even 100 years of colonial extraction could not make this sea barren.
—Bathsheba Demuth, The Atlantic, 22 Sep. 2021
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The data often sits in a data lake, waiting for a purpose and method of extraction.
—Vatsal Shah, Forbes, 15 June 2021
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By now, Wiley had issued new orders for the extraction process.
—Ben Taub, The New Yorker, 14 Sep. 2023
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As a result, flavor extraction is less than ideal, resulting in a too weak or strong coffee.
—Bestreviews, Mercury News, 14 July 2025
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An uneven grind means uneven extraction and uneven flavor.
—Matthew Korfhage, Wired News, 11 July 2025
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