as in to pry
to draw out by force or with effort
extracted a splinter from my hand
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as in excerpt
a part taken from a longer work
the anthology includes a long extract from the epic poem
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Recent Examples of extract
Big Think, 7 Nov. 2025
In the 2022-23 season, the rainfall topped off Marin reservoirs and extracted the county from a significant drought.
—Adrian Rodriguez, Mercury News, 7 Nov. 2025
Georgea Kovanis, Freep.com, 3 Nov. 2025
The brand’s LiftFirm complex—a blend of red sea algae and evergreen tree extracts—helps firm and tighten the skin.
—Christa Joanna Lee, Allure, 3 Nov. 2025
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Verb
The motion of the bead against the rod causes the atoms/molecules/electrons to rub against one another, producing heat through friction, and thereby providing a method for extracting energy from the gravitational waves.
—Big Think, 7 Nov. 2025
In the 2022-23 season, the rainfall topped off Marin reservoirs and extracted the county from a significant drought.
—Adrian Rodriguez, Mercury News, 7 Nov. 2025
Noun
People hunting in the Lower Peninsula who want to attract deer with scents, either synthetic or natural such as anise or cherry extract, must place the source of the scent in an area where deer cannot consume it.
—Georgea Kovanis, Freep.com, 3 Nov. 2025
The brand’s LiftFirm complex—a blend of red sea algae and evergreen tree extracts—helps firm and tighten the skin.
—Christa Joanna Lee, Allure, 3 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for extract
Noun
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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,
Literary Hub,
6 Nov. 2025
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This excerpt was adapted from George Packer’s novel The Emergency.—
George Packer,
The Atlantic,
6 Nov. 2025
Verb
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The strong currents from flash floods can pull drivers off roadways.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
10 Nov. 2025
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Bruce Bennett / Getty Images TORONTO — Anthony Stolarz pulled Dennis Hildeby in close as the 6-foot-7 Swede was putting the finishing touches on his goalie gear.—
Joshua Kloke,
New York Times,
9 Nov. 2025
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The Dodgers, with baseball's biggest payroll, have used their financial ability to pluck some of the most sought-after and most expensive free agents on the market.—
Steve Futterman,
NPR,
4 Nov. 2025
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An all-star cast plucked from different corners of the pop culture firmament leads Ryan Murphy's All's Fair, a Hulu legal drama about female divorce attorneys who open their own practice.—
Randall Colburn,
Entertainment Weekly,
4 Nov. 2025
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Just as the video began, a man identified as Justin Calhoon, 19, lunged across the table, yanked it toward him and flipped it on its side while Turning Point materials spilled onto the pavement.—
Peter D'Abrosca,
FOXNews.com,
6 Nov. 2025
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Ciattarelli promises to lower energy costs immediately by yanking the state out of a regional greenhouse gas initiative, as well as any other environmental policy that voters are sick of.—
David Weigel,
semafor.com,
3 Nov. 2025
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“Extract.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/extract. Accessed 17 Nov. 2025.
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