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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 excerpts
Read excerpts from her interview below, which has been edited and condensed for clarity.
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Clayton Davis, Variety, 9 Jan. 2026
You are completely immersed in the yearlong making of Disneyland thanks to excerpts from 100 hours of raw and rarely seen footage from the Walt Disney Archives shot by a team of cameramen tasked by Walt Disney to capture the construction of Disneyland.
—Brady MacDonald, Oc Register, 9 Jan. 2026
The lawsuit includes excerpts from the assessments.
—Kelly Davis, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Jan. 2026
Here are edited excerpts from that conversation.
—Adi Ignatius, Harvard Business Review, 1 Jan. 2026
No one else had read these excerpts; they had never been published or circulated.
—Vauhini Vara, New Yorker, 20 Dec. 2025
As a childless person who doesn’t teach I’ve been happily unaware that, due to standardized testing requirements that favor close reads of excerpts over whole books, there’s an entire generation of students who have very little contextual framework for the literature they’re being taught in school.
—Literary Hub, 6 Nov. 2025
Interspersed throughout the film are audio excerpts of interviews that director Emily Turner conducted last summer with law enforcement involved with the case and Wuornos’ family and friends.
—Olivia B. Waxman, Time, 30 Oct. 2025
This new Seuss book includes excerpts and a cover sketch from Geisel’s manuscript.
—Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 29 Oct. 2025
Clayton Davis, Variety, 9 Jan. 2026
You are completely immersed in the yearlong making of Disneyland thanks to excerpts from 100 hours of raw and rarely seen footage from the Walt Disney Archives shot by a team of cameramen tasked by Walt Disney to capture the construction of Disneyland.
—Brady MacDonald, Oc Register, 9 Jan. 2026
The lawsuit includes excerpts from the assessments.
—Kelly Davis, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Jan. 2026
Here are edited excerpts from that conversation.
—Adi Ignatius, Harvard Business Review, 1 Jan. 2026
No one else had read these excerpts; they had never been published or circulated.
—Vauhini Vara, New Yorker, 20 Dec. 2025
As a childless person who doesn’t teach I’ve been happily unaware that, due to standardized testing requirements that favor close reads of excerpts over whole books, there’s an entire generation of students who have very little contextual framework for the literature they’re being taught in school.
—Literary Hub, 6 Nov. 2025
Interspersed throughout the film are audio excerpts of interviews that director Emily Turner conducted last summer with law enforcement involved with the case and Wuornos’ family and friends.
—Olivia B. Waxman, Time, 30 Oct. 2025
This new Seuss book includes excerpts and a cover sketch from Geisel’s manuscript.
—Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 29 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for excerpts
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And details from the records, including quotations, began to trickle out last month in court filings in the Oakland case.—
David Ingram,
NBC news,
17 Dec. 2025
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Peppered with archival drawings of The Sea Ranch, quotations from the utopian community’s founding architects, and evocative family photographs, the document eloquently illuminates the Matases’ vision for their seaside idyll.—
Mayer Rus,
Architectural Digest,
15 Dec. 2025
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Plus, this bestselling lash growth serum is also packed with plenty of natural ingredients, including plant and flower extracts, as well as vitamins and antioxidants.—
Ali Pantony,
Glamour,
9 Jan. 2026
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Green tea extracts come in capsule, liquid, and powder forms.—
Jamie Johnson,
Verywell Health,
7 Jan. 2026
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Her son, Jett James East, had respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), a highly contagious virus that infects the lungs and breathing passages.—
Jackson Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
9 Jan. 2026
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Given the lack of gravity, even a runny nose can turn into an extremely unpleasant experience, forcing astronauts to resort to unusual measures just to drain mucus from their nasal passages.—
Victor Tangermann,
Futurism,
8 Jan. 2026
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In photos and clips of the couple, they can be seen cozying up to one another and sweetly kissing.—
Clare Fisher,
PEOPLE,
12 Jan. 2026
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He is regularly confronted in public by provocateurs with cameras, filming clips for social media.—
Helen Lewis,
The Atlantic,
11 Jan. 2026
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That same stretch also recorded speeds of 93 mph, 90 mph and 85 mph - all during the 30-day warning period, when no citations were issued.—
Tori Mason,
CBS News,
9 Jan. 2026
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Williams noted that no citations were issued, administrative license violations brought or charges pursued.—
Rose Evans,
Idaho Statesman,
8 Jan. 2026
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