as in pulled
to draw out by force or with effort
extracted a splinter from my hand
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Recent Examples of extracted
Potatoes contain solanine, which can be extracted by boiling the potato peels in water.
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Tessa Cooper, The Spruce, 29 May 2026
While lithium is extremely widespread, lithium that can be extracted economically is a different matter.
—ArsTechnica, 28 May 2026
Through exquisite timing to track the arrival of photons from each telescope, essentially all the light soaked up by the entire array can be combined to make interference patterns from which images can be extracted.
—K. R. Callaway, Scientific American, 27 May 2026
Using water samples from the Great Salt Lake, the team successfully extracted about 50% of the available lithium from the post-desalination residues.
—Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 27 May 2026
The transaction processing at your checkout is fully automated, operating within AI systems that handle millions of payments simultaneously, and computes a risk score based on dozens of features extracted from that single moment.
—Pragati Awasthi, The Conversation, 26 May 2026
Speaking in Nairobi last week, French President Emmanuel Macron warned against African ores being extracted on the continent only to be refined elsewhere, arguing that Africa can no longer remain merely a source of resource extraction.
—W. Gyude Moore, semafor.com, 25 May 2026
Washington — New technology allowing audio of plane crashes to be extracted from still images has prompted the National Transportation Safety Board to take a rare step of pausing the public release of nearly all information related to its investigations.
—Alexandra Skores, CNN Money, 22 May 2026
In his vision of the world, government consumption is some kind of other, seemingly extracted from Pluto, only for the consumption by the state to expand the economy.
—John Tamny, Forbes.com, 17 May 2026
Tessa Cooper, The Spruce, 29 May 2026
While lithium is extremely widespread, lithium that can be extracted economically is a different matter.
—ArsTechnica, 28 May 2026
Through exquisite timing to track the arrival of photons from each telescope, essentially all the light soaked up by the entire array can be combined to make interference patterns from which images can be extracted.
—K. R. Callaway, Scientific American, 27 May 2026
Using water samples from the Great Salt Lake, the team successfully extracted about 50% of the available lithium from the post-desalination residues.
—Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 27 May 2026
The transaction processing at your checkout is fully automated, operating within AI systems that handle millions of payments simultaneously, and computes a risk score based on dozens of features extracted from that single moment.
—Pragati Awasthi, The Conversation, 26 May 2026
Speaking in Nairobi last week, French President Emmanuel Macron warned against African ores being extracted on the continent only to be refined elsewhere, arguing that Africa can no longer remain merely a source of resource extraction.
—W. Gyude Moore, semafor.com, 25 May 2026
Washington — New technology allowing audio of plane crashes to be extracted from still images has prompted the National Transportation Safety Board to take a rare step of pausing the public release of nearly all information related to its investigations.
—Alexandra Skores, CNN Money, 22 May 2026
In his vision of the world, government consumption is some kind of other, seemingly extracted from Pluto, only for the consumption by the state to expand the economy.
—John Tamny, Forbes.com, 17 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for extracted
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Colorado pulled to 8-3 in the fifth on Tyler Freeman’s two-run homer, but the Angels answered again in the bottom half on Jo Adell’s RBI single for a 9-3 lead.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
4 June 2026
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The hood’s intake is mounted at the back, so smoke and fumes rising from the back burners get pulled straight up into it.—
Angela Haupt,
Time,
3 June 2026
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But the best dishes attest to careful technique, like the lovingly fluffy housemade paneer that somehow melts and crumbles at once, and biryani under a lid sealed with a strip of dough, pried off with a knife at your table.—
Ligaya Mishan,
New York Times,
11 May 2026
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In what was billed an organizational coup, the Braves pried Chuck Tanner from the Pittsburgh Pirates and Cox from the Jays.—
Mark Bradley for the AJC,
AJC.com,
9 May 2026
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Her only help came from a passenger who yanked the girls away.—
Caitlin McGlade,
Charlotte Observer,
2 June 2026
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The theater was also immediately gutted, the audience chairs yanked out and flung into a pile in the middle of the studio.—
Theresa Braine,
New York Daily News,
22 May 2026
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Many of the items for the set were quite literally plucked from her residence ahead of her Saturday Night Live performance at the end of last year.—
Angela Tafoya,
Architectural Digest,
29 May 2026
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Etna, a battle-scarred but kindhearted shepherd mix who was plucked from his home on the eve of an unspecified conflict in an unnamed country, has grown weary of war’s brutalities and longs to return to the coastal farm of his puppyhood.—
Emily Temple,
Literary Hub,
26 May 2026
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