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
Miami Herald, 25 Sep. 2025
To read and make sense of the graphs, the team used graph neural networks, a type of artificial intelligence designed to extract relationships between the nodes by passing messages along the edges of the connections among them.
—Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 25 Sep. 2025
Joshua Siskin, Oc Register, 20 Sep. 2025
When extracts are shown, they’re either filmed in a theater or shown in a smaller frame within the frame, which robs the movie of its mega-ness.
—Peter Debruge, Variety, 19 Sep. 2025
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Verb
The hip injury Tagovailoa sustained at Alabama, before getting drafted, extracted some velocity off his passes.
—Miami Herald, 25 Sep. 2025
To read and make sense of the graphs, the team used graph neural networks, a type of artificial intelligence designed to extract relationships between the nodes by passing messages along the edges of the connections among them.
—Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 25 Sep. 2025
Noun
There is also Mite-x, a product made from cottonseed oil, clove oil, and garlic extract.
—Joshua Siskin, Oc Register, 20 Sep. 2025
When extracts are shown, they’re either filmed in a theater or shown in a smaller frame within the frame, which robs the movie of its mega-ness.
—Peter Debruge, Variety, 19 Sep. 2025
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Noun
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In this exclusive excerpt, Lennon delves into Hale’s rough background, what led him to, in his telling, kill his older, allegedly abusive boyfriend — and the law that could one day set him free.—
John J. Lennon,
Rolling Stone,
23 Sep. 2025
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These excerpts have been edited for length and clarity.—
Kaycee Sloan,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
23 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Pearsall appeared to have reaggravated his knee injury that was plaguing him all week, and he was pulled from the game.—
James Brizuela,
MSNBC Newsweek,
29 Sep. 2025
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Russia launched its first major wave of missile and drone strikes on Ukraine in nearly a month, pounding sites across the country on Sunday and leaving Kyiv hardest hit as rescue workers scrambled to pull people from the rubble.—
Rebecca Rosman,
NPR,
28 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Ortega, 22, hit the red carpet in a look plucked straight from Givenchy's runway show, which featured several oversized jewels that draped against her chest and upper body.—
Starr Bowenbank,
PEOPLE,
24 Sep. 2025
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You got plucked from obscurity to do this project.—
Chris Lee,
Vulture,
24 Sep. 2025
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An engineer recently wrapped a chain around a humanoid robot’s neck and violently yanked it.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
25 Sep. 2025
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Jessica Chastain has responded to Apple TV+’s decision to yank her new series, The Savant, which was originally due to release on Friday, September 26.—
Eric Vilas-Boas,
Vulture,
24 Sep. 2025
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“Extract.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/extract. Accessed 2 Oct. 2025.
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