as in pulling
to draw out by force or with effort
extracted a splinter from my hand
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Recent Examples of extracting
Designed for all ages, the fair features activities and games rooted in science, technology, engineering, and math—from discovering native plants to extracting DNA from apricots and exploring robotics.
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Anne Gelhaus,
Mercury News,
21 June 2026
The agreement appears to offer Iran several benefits up front while extracting little in return.
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Seung Min Kim,
Chicago Tribune,
18 June 2026
The image of the students as vivisectors, committed to extracting the hearts and licking the bones of the transgressors in their midst, seems to mirror her own hatred of the university’s tendency toward frenzied analysis.
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Hannah Gold,
New Yorker,
17 June 2026
This strategy operates alongside efforts to harvest industrial value from existing fossil fuel liabilities—such as extracting critical technology metals like lithium, gallium, and germanium from mining byproducts.
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Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
15 June 2026
Roared on again by her home crowd, Raducanu saved those three championship points with some confident, aggressive tennis, but come the tiebreak, Vekić did enough to earn two more chances for victory, extracting one last forehand error on the second and falling to her knees in triumph.
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James Hansen,
New York Times,
14 June 2026
The tool summarizes conversations across Slack channels, extracting insights from messages, documents and files.
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Gene Marks,
Forbes.com,
14 June 2026
Even if the original phone had been located, extracting data would have been impossible—if the phone was properly wiped.
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ArsTechnica,
12 June 2026
Stir-Frying The stir-fry method can be particularly helpful for extracting the most antioxidants from tomatoes.
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Cristina Mutchler,
Verywell Health,
10 June 2026
Anne Gelhaus,
Mercury News,
21 June 2026
The agreement appears to offer Iran several benefits up front while extracting little in return.
—
Seung Min Kim,
Chicago Tribune,
18 June 2026
The image of the students as vivisectors, committed to extracting the hearts and licking the bones of the transgressors in their midst, seems to mirror her own hatred of the university’s tendency toward frenzied analysis.
—
Hannah Gold,
New Yorker,
17 June 2026
This strategy operates alongside efforts to harvest industrial value from existing fossil fuel liabilities—such as extracting critical technology metals like lithium, gallium, and germanium from mining byproducts.
—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
15 June 2026
Roared on again by her home crowd, Raducanu saved those three championship points with some confident, aggressive tennis, but come the tiebreak, Vekić did enough to earn two more chances for victory, extracting one last forehand error on the second and falling to her knees in triumph.
—
James Hansen,
New York Times,
14 June 2026
The tool summarizes conversations across Slack channels, extracting insights from messages, documents and files.
—
Gene Marks,
Forbes.com,
14 June 2026
Even if the original phone had been located, extracting data would have been impossible—if the phone was properly wiped.
—
ArsTechnica,
12 June 2026
Stir-Frying The stir-fry method can be particularly helpful for extracting the most antioxidants from tomatoes.
—
Cristina Mutchler,
Verywell Health,
10 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for extracting
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The beast screamed and flew away, pulling an attached anchor into the water.
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Launched in 2004 to study gamma-ray bursts, Swift remains scientifically valuable, but atmospheric drag has been pulling it dangerously close to Earth.
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Not with these linen panels that Malek Barney recommends—the thicker fabric strikes that Goldilocks balance between privacy and natural light, letting sunlight gently filter through while still shielding your space from prying eyes.
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The two have already had a few chats away from prying eyes and shared a few kisses.
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Keep the movement coming from your ribs, rotating, not by yanking your neck.
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Counsell admitted postgame that yanking Imanaga might not have been the right move.
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As with the studio version, the track began with Lifeson plucking out a delicate intro on a nylon-string guitar before blasting into monster electric riffs.
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Vogue’s beauty shopping editor Kiana Murden became a devotee after plucking it from the beauty closet and using it religiously.
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“Extracting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/extracting. Accessed 27 Jun. 2026.
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