EXTRACTION Synonyms: 34 Similar and Opposite Words

extraction

noun

ik-ˈstrak-shən

Definition of extraction

as in ancestry

the line of ancestors from whom a person is descended a family of Italian extraction

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Recent Examples of extraction Oil drilling began in the Bayou in the 1920s, a time of lawless extraction, and for decades, companies would simply dump their wastewater into large, unlined pits, allowing the fluid to seep into the ground. — Nick Bowlin, ProPublica, 27 Oct. 2026 Risch is also focused on reforming the federal permitting process, aiming to speed up projects such as mineral extraction. — Sarah Cutler, Idaho Statesman, 27 Oct. 2026 The dawn of the internet taught us that openness without responsibility can become extraction, connection can deepen division, and freedom without care can concentrate power in the hands of a few. — Amelia Rose Barlow, Rolling Stone, 22 Oct. 2026 Hal choosing this moment to pitch Grace on the body-extraction proposal is a bit of a head-scratcher, but by this point everyone is just throwing stuff at the wall to see what sticks. — Sophie Brookover, Vulture, 17 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for extraction

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Noun

Instead, the report estimated the girls had 50% Ukrainian ancestry.

— Megan Molteni, STAT, 2 Nov. 2026
It is often erroneously compared to Halloween, though the two holidays may share ancestry in Catholicism’s All Saints’ Day and All Souls’ Day.

— Rocio Muñoz Ledo, CNN Money, 31 Oct. 2026

Definition of ancestry

Noun

Reconciling competing visions of reality depends on continuously normalizing disparate vendor inputs into a unified GTM data model, scoring source reliability, assessing recency and maintaining complete lineage tracking.

— Filip Popovic, Forbes.com, 30 Oct. 2026
As ecologist Doug Tallamy has chronicled, over 90% of herbivorous insects specialize on one or a few native plant lineages.

— Pedro Moura, Los Angeles Times, 29 Oct. 2026

Definition of lineage

Noun

Arab Israelis of Palestinian descent make up 20% of the population but are often seen with suspicion because of their sympathies with other Palestinians.

— Cara Anna, Los Angeles Times, 29 Oct. 2026
In theory, the war’s descent into a painful stalemate should open the door to diplomatic outcomes.

— ALLISON MINOR, Foreign Affairs, 29 Oct. 2026

Definition of descent

Noun

Scientists inserted genes associated with Alzheimer’s into mouse genomes, breeding animals that had high levels of amyloid in their brains; the mice then began to struggle with spatial navigation.

— Manvir Singh, New Yorker, 2 Nov. 2026
Deer breeding behavior, known as the rut, aligns with the changing length of daylight.

— Margherita Bassi, Popular Science, 31 Oct. 2026

Definition of breeding

Noun

The forensic department at Oklahoma State University then took over genealogy profiling, according to Rouse.

— Summer Lin, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2026
Lichtman's discovery highlights the role of JewishGen, one of the world's largest online resources for Jewish genealogy.

— Hannah Kliger, CBS News, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of genealogy

Noun

Riggle, meanwhile, has played a character like this (albeit not one with Saint Nick’s pedigree) a few dozen times already, so his comic contributions are reliable if not terribly fresh.

— Todd Gilchrist, Variety, 29 Oct. 2026
Casey is valuable not for her (mixed) pedigree, we’re meant to understand, but because Harley loved her.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 28 Oct. 2026

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