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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
Read an excerpt from this week’s newsletter below.
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Kevin Sherrington
mar. 2, Dallas Morning News, 2 Mar. 2026
Flowers lined the sidewalks where people waiting to enter watched a large screen playing video excerpts of Jackson's notable speeches.
—Arkansas Online, 27 Feb. 2026
This story has been updated to include excerpts from official court documents obtained by the Argus Leader.
—Angela George, Sioux Falls Argus Leader, 27 Feb. 2026
Read excerpts from his interview below, which has been edited and condensed for clarity.
—Clayton Davis, Variety, 25 Feb. 2026
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Kevin Sherrington
mar. 2, Dallas Morning News, 2 Mar. 2026
Flowers lined the sidewalks where people waiting to enter watched a large screen playing video excerpts of Jackson's notable speeches.
—Arkansas Online, 27 Feb. 2026
This story has been updated to include excerpts from official court documents obtained by the Argus Leader.
—Angela George, Sioux Falls Argus Leader, 27 Feb. 2026
Read excerpts from his interview below, which has been edited and condensed for clarity.
—Clayton Davis, Variety, 25 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for excerpt
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The series retains its fondness for rapid-fire, near-impenetrable finance jargon and for ostentatious literary quotations—the product, we’re meant to assume, of the characters’ otherwise wasted Oxbridge educations.—
Inkoo Kang,
New Yorker,
9 Feb. 2026
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That’s one of the le Carré quotations, which is literal and metaphorical.—
Max Gao,
HollywoodReporter,
3 Feb. 2026
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The new armament features a Kinsect that harvest extract as players attack.—
Gieson Cacho,
Mercury News,
5 Mar. 2026
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Aveda’s mist is composed of potent plant extracts and utilises natural UV filters that form a light shield around the strands to block out harmful rays.—
Hannah Coates,
Vogue,
5 Mar. 2026
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Unlike conventional pipe-inspection tools, the robot can travel up to 6 km on a single battery charge, while operating in passages only a few centimeters wide.—
Atharva Gosavi,
Interesting Engineering,
5 Mar. 2026
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This week, emerging markets have sold off amid fears that a disruption to oil refiners in Iran or the passage of the commodity through the Strait of Hormuz would hurt those economies most vulnerable to higher energy prices.—
Sarah Min,
CNBC,
4 Mar. 2026
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ValenSil Technologies, for one, was growing at a pretty good clip heading into 2025.—
Alicia Wallace,
CNN Money,
6 Mar. 2026
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The club will continue to explore its options in offloading additional veterans between now and the trade deadline, its efforts to shed salary cap commitments, add valuable future assets and proceed into a rebuild with a clean slate are advancing at a rapid clip.—
Harman Dayal,
New York Times,
6 Mar. 2026
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Official charges come after two students were arrested and two were given juvenile citations, according to a police department spokesman.—
Kendrick Calfee,
Kansas City Star,
7 Mar. 2026
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An attorney for the family, Jamal Tooson, conceded that the victim’s actions possibly merited arrest or a citation by the Los Angeles Police Department.—
Leonard Greene,
New York Daily News,
7 Mar. 2026
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But snippets are all that OpenAI has provided.—
Matteo Wong,
The Atlantic,
7 Mar. 2026
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The snippet of music features lyrics that have fans buzzing.—
Ryan Brennan,
Miami Herald,
6 Mar. 2026
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“Excerpt.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/excerpt. Accessed 10 Mar. 2026.
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