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excerpts

noun

plural of excerpt
as in quotations
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 Media excerpts situate Jarman’s visible advocacy as a spokesperson for the community. — Sophie Monks Kaufman, IndieWire, 4 Sep. 2026 Today such grafts, whether visual or textual, would be called citations; at the time, a text made of excerpts was called a cento, which originally meant a patchwork rag. — Mario Carpo, Artforum, 1 Sep. 2026 Hull’s testimony at a five-day hearing was accompanied by excerpts from campus video shown in court for the first time. — Daniel Arkin, NBC news, 1 Sep. 2026 ProPublica and The Post published excerpts of Snapchat messages between Richardson and a former player, including from August 2022, when the girl was 16. — Molly Hensley-Clancy, ProPublica, 1 Sep. 2026 Lindsay Clancy described depression in diary, notes On the fifth day of the trial, excerpts from Lindsay Clancy's diary were read aloud. — Kerry Breen, CBS News, 27 Aug. 2026 The special will feature excerpts from a 2009 60 Minutes interview with Morley Safer, a 2023 CBS News Person-To-Person interview with Norah O’Donnell, as well as interviews with Dokoupil and Mason. — Ted Johnson, Deadline, 25 Aug. 2026 In her 70s, Castañeda testified before state legislators about her experience, excerpts of which appear in the exhibition. — Isa Farfan, Los Angeles Times, 24 Aug. 2026 Ceferin's comments were in excerpts from the podcast that were published Sunday in the British media. — ABC News, 23 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for excerpts
  1. quotations
  2. extracts
  3. passages
  4. clips
  5. citations
Noun
  • Executives already use it to process immense volumes of invoices, orders, contracts and supplier quotations in seconds.
    — Andrew Zhyvolovych, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2026
  • The daily quotations from Urner Barry, a market reporting company, serve as a benchmark for the egg industry, shaping what retailers pay for eggs nationwide, according to the suit.
    — Mary Cunningham, CBS News, 30 June 2026
Definition of quotations
Noun
  • Coming in 20 shades, the skin tint is priced at $38 and features a 73 percent skin care formula with ingredients including daikon radish seed and açaí extracts.
    — Noor Lobad, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2026
  • But whole-leaf kratom — the natural product and its extracts — has also led to dependence and death, according to McCurdy’s own research.
    — Anjeanette Damon, ProPublica, 1 Sep. 2026
Definition of extracts
Noun
  • Metalpoint is delicate by comparison with ink, almost weblike; but in both cases, the drawings are unraveling clusters and skeins, with passages both tight and loose.
    — Jeffrey Weiss, Artforum, 1 Sep. 2026
  • Premee Mohamed, Wickhills (Tor Books, September 8) A fantastical spy thriller set on the streets and underground passages of a magical city?
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 1 Sep. 2026
Definition of passages
Noun
  • Collectively, the clips and full specials have garnered well over 200 million views across all platforms and continue to build momentum from newfound fans all across the country.
    — Matt Grobar, Deadline, 18 Sep. 2026
  • While companies can license those characters for interactive experiences — one hypothetical Thomson offered was a Waymo with the voice of Prime — those can’t be manipulated in the way many unauthorized clips of Hasbro characters have been.
    — Corbin Bolies, Variety, 18 Sep. 2026
Definition of clips
Noun
  • Rankings and traffic remain valuable metrics, but they should be complemented by indicators such as brand mentions, AI citations, referral quality and overall share of digital authority.
    — Jay Sen, Forbes.com, 14 Sep. 2026
  • According to the release, ICE agents approached a Carol Stream officer midway through paperwork for those citations.
    — Caroline Kubzansky, Chicago Tribune, 11 Sep. 2026
Definition of citations

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