extracted

past tense of extract

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of extracted The Oschin Center seeks to tackle that question head-on by displaying a genuine space potty, extracted from the Endeavour herself and displayed in a glass case. — Jessica Gelt, Los Angeles Times, 28 Oct. 2026 Raw inputs are extracted from the periphery, refined and assembled in the metropole, and sold back at a markup. — Niall Ferguson, Foreign Affairs, 20 Oct. 2026 In that moment, walking through room after room of marble and silk and silver, all of it extracted from illiterate workers in the fields and fishing boats on the horizon, the reasons for the Protestant Reformation became fully clear to me. — Literary Hub, 15 Oct. 2026 The authors then extracted the bell’s natural vibrational frequencies from that data, along with the corresponding mode shapes and loss factors. — Jennifer Ouellette, ArsTechnica, 15 Oct. 2026 Their opportunity came during the cross-examination of Elizabeth Riddell, an FBI case manager who had extracted messages and other data from the cellphones of defendants in the case. — Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 14 Oct. 2026 Both the driver and semi were taken to the Newton-Azrak Station in Murrieta, where hazardous response specialists extracted the liquid contents from the tank, which tested positive for meth, the release said. — Dean Fioresi, CBS News, 13 Oct. 2026 Maybe a lead could be extracted, a connection to a larger EBT theft ring. — Eli Hager, ProPublica, 13 Oct. 2026 The Bátan River used to flow through Santa María Acuexcomac but had dried up because of decades of water being extracted and redirected to the expanding state capital, Puebla de Zaragoza. — Valeria Luongo, Washington Post, 11 Oct. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for extracted
Verb
  • But Jamie Oleksiak pulled Vancouver within 5-3 just 31 seconds later.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 28 Oct. 2026
  • Haynes, a 2024 third-round pick, made five starts this season, but the Seahawks pulled of a trade Tuesday for Indianapolis Colts perennial All-Pro guard Quenton Nelson.
    — David Furones, Sun Sentinel, 28 Oct. 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
  • 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
  • With the wheels threatening to come off, Rays manager Kevin Cash yanked Seymour and put in Kevin Kelly.
    — Kyle Feldscher, CNN Money, 20 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • The Royals plucked manager Matt Quatraro from the Rays organization in 2022.
    — Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 23 Oct. 2026
  • The Orioles plucked Jared Banner from the Cubs to be their new general manager under Mike Elias.
    — Josh Tolentino, Baltimore Sun, 22 Oct. 2026

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“Extracted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/extracted. Accessed 2 Nov. 2026.

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