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
To be considered in the oils category, La Tourangelle’s pistachio oil — which won in 2025 — was required to be free of artificial or genetically modified ingredients, grown without synthetic pesticides or herbicides, and milled without heat or chemical extraction.
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Sacbee.com, 11 July 2025
Alaska Native people living along the shores of the Bering Sea worry increasing shipping and resource extraction pose environmental dangers, especially if the Coast Guard lacks the resources to patrol the area.
—Trevor Hughes, USA Today, 10 July 2025
That evening, a four-person extraction team, shrouded in darkness, kidnaps Luke from his bed.
—Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 13 July 2025
An uneven grind means uneven extraction and uneven flavor.
—Matthew Korfhage, Wired News, 11 July 2025
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Sacbee.com, 11 July 2025
Alaska Native people living along the shores of the Bering Sea worry increasing shipping and resource extraction pose environmental dangers, especially if the Coast Guard lacks the resources to patrol the area.
—Trevor Hughes, USA Today, 10 July 2025
That evening, a four-person extraction team, shrouded in darkness, kidnaps Luke from his bed.
—Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 13 July 2025
An uneven grind means uneven extraction and uneven flavor.
—Matthew Korfhage, Wired News, 11 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for extraction
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Despite these recent advances, understanding remains grossly inadequate regarding the descendants of Indigenous people of Mexico and Central America now living in the state, 60 percent of whom are usually considered mestizo, or of mixed European and Indigenous ancestry.—
Michael Barnes,
Austin American Statesman,
30 July 2025
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The advanced policing technique involves submitting crime-scene DNA to public ancestry databases to narrow down the list of possible culprits.—
Kevin Fixler,
Idaho Statesman,
24 July 2025
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For instance, data must be tagged to identify its source and to track its lineage before being transferred into internal database fields and tables.—
Forbes.com,
Forbes.com,
29 July 2025
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Alex Foxworth Alex Foxworth, originally from Greensboro, N.C., infuses her designs with sentimentality and appreciation for her family lineage.—
Julia Teti,
Footwear News,
27 July 2025
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Cain landed a guest role on Superman origin series Smallville's seventh season as Dr. Curtis Knox, and appeared on several episodes of Supergirl's first and second seasons as the titular heroine's foster father.—
Ryan Coleman Published,
EW.com,
1 Aug. 2025
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Those flights have been delayed at their origins anywhere from 2 hours, 30 minutes to 3 hours, 38 minutes on average.—
NBC News,
NBC news,
1 Aug. 2025
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Lopez, 64, has consistently voiced outrage over the controversial raids, and previously called on the MLB team to voice their support for immigrants and people of Latino descent within their community.—
Toria Sheffield,
People.com,
2 Aug. 2025
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The singer, the first artist of Chilean descent to sign with Sony Music Latin, made her mark by nabbing a pair of platinum singles and a Latin Grammy nomination for best new artist.—
Edward Segarra,
USA Today,
31 July 2025
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Get rid of standing water around your home to reduce the chance of mosquitoes breeding.—
Madeline Heim,
jsonline.com,
28 July 2025
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One reason for the decline in the bird’s population is a lack of suitable breeding habitat as the bird relies exclusively on young jack pine forests to breed, the release noted.—
Jalen Williams,
Freep.com,
28 July 2025
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The series follows the DNA Doe Project, a nonprofit using cutting-edge DNA analysis and open-source genealogy tools to solve some of the country’s most confounding cold cases.—
Tony Bradley,
Forbes.com,
2 Aug. 2025
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The book traces the fortunes of seven Black families across generations, excavating genealogies and tabulating, with forensic care, the labor extracted and the property lost.—
Idrees Kahloon,
New Yorker,
28 July 2025
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His name was not released pending his family’s notification of his death.—
Teri Figueroa,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
6 Aug. 2025
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Hamas, thus far, has barred humanitarian organisations from having any kind of access to the hostages and families have little or no details of their conditions.—
Reuters,
USA Today,
5 Aug. 2025
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New coach Tre Watson has an impressive pedigree and made a strong impression during spring camp with his energy and coaching style.—
Steven Johnson,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
1 Aug. 2025
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Curtis Mead hasn’t hit yet in the majors, but the 24-year-old Australian infielder has a good minor league pedigree.—
The Athletic MLB Staff,
New York Times,
1 Aug. 2025
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“Extraction.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/extraction. Accessed 8 Aug. 2025.
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