extracted

past tense of extract

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of extracted The United States is slow-walking a democratic process that should have started in January, the day after an American military operation extracted dictator Nicolás Maduro. — Arkansas Online, 11 Nov. 2026 Each active from the farm is custom-extracted with low temperatures through a biotech partner. — Jennifer Weil, Footwear News, 10 Nov. 2026 Abbas extracted movement from his off stump line and found the outside edge of Pasindu Sooriyabandara, who was promoted to open the innings in his third test and out for a duck. — ABC News, 9 Nov. 2026 He looks extracted from the side of a mountain, nearly carved from stone. — Christopher Borrelli, Chicago Tribune, 5 Nov. 2026 Initial results indicate that the method can separate metal chlorides from magnet material more efficiently, allowing nearly all the metals to be extracted while using comparatively small amounts of chemicals. — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 3 Nov. 2026 Kay’s latest appeal says his trial lawyer pressured him to reject a plea deal carrying five to 10 years and questions testimony about who extracted data from Skaggs’ phone. — Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 2 Nov. 2026 Or perhaps this cloud is a textual reduction of a larger discourse—words extracted from customer reviews? — Alec Mapes-Frances, Artforum, 1 Nov. 2026 Its star ingredient, polyfractioned vanilla planifolia, is extracted from plants grown at the fashion house’s open-air lab in Madagascar. — Lauren Valenti, Vogue, 29 Oct. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for extracted
Verb
  • Ivan Fedorov, co-chair of the regional defense council, said 12 bodies pulled from the rubble had been identified so far.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 5 Nov. 2026
  • Someone got out of the front passenger seat of the car, walked around the back of the vehicle, pulled a gun out of the pocket of his hoodie, and fired four shots into the front driver's side window.
    — Todd Feurer, CBS News, 4 Nov. 2026
Verb
  • Later, when the water receded, Fulcher and McKay pried open the Trotters’ crumpled trailer.
    — Abe Streep, ProPublica, 21 Oct. 2026
  • Someone pried open the rear cover to a truck and stole a set of golf clubs for a loss of about $3,000.
    — Anne Gelhaus, Mercury News, 7 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Coach Curt Cignetti did not say if Hoover was yanked because of an injury.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 31 Oct. 2026
  • The district secured $150 million in federal funding to fix the issue, but it was yanked back as part of cost-cutting efforts in 2025, then recently re-instated this year.
    — Alex Harris, Miami Herald, 27 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • Stars Nicholas Galitzine, Bill Skarsgard, Raymond Nicholson and Tom Francis as college football stars plucked from the height of their sports careers and into Marine training and the Pacific theater.
    — Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 1 Nov. 2026
  • Luckily for the man, having all of the adult worms plucked from his orbs meant the infection was over—no antiparasitic medication required, even if some of the larvae had been left behind.
    — Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 26 Oct. 2026

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“Extracted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/extracted. Accessed 12 Nov. 2026.

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