EXTRACTIONS Synonyms: 36 Similar and Opposite Words

extractions

noun

plural of extraction

as in lineages

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

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Recent Examples of extractions Instead of relying on rich oils or heavy butter, Romito uses waters, extractions, and natural juices to amplify flavor. — Joel Hart, Vogue, 11 Sep. 2026 Prosecutors and defense attorneys got these character reports from a combination of police reports, school records and cell phone extractions. — J.d. Miles, CBS News, 20 Aug. 2026 The doctor must spread extractions evenly across the donor zone. — Connie Etemadi, USA Today, 10 Aug. 2026 Wisdom teeth extractions are one of the most common oral surgeries in the country, but new research is changing how scientists view what gets tossed out afterward. — Allison Palmer july 6, Charlotte Observer, 6 July 2026 Most producers are pursuing much lighter extractions than in previous decades. — Paul Caputo, Forbes.com, 27 June 2026 Rainwater that recharges the Floridan Aquifer is equal to the sum of groundwater losses from the aquifer through spring flows, water storage and extractions through wells. — Robert Knight, The Orlando Sentinel, 8 May 2026 Heather had her egg extractions done. — Natalia Senanayake, PEOPLE, 28 Apr. 2026 Tina, 59, is battling a uterine infection and Billy, 40, could face invasive sperm extractions, according to Courtney Scott, veteran elephant consultant with In Defense of Animals. — Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 31 Mar. 2026

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Noun

When the catastrophe wiped out their massive non-avian relatives, the bird lineages that survived were positioned to take advantage of newly vacant ecological niches.

— Kevin Brown, Forbes.com, 24 Sep. 2026
The researchers have shared their findings with the IUCN, whose upcoming review will assess the five lineages separately.

— CNN Money, CNN Money, 17 Sep. 2026

Definition of lineages

Noun

But Shanes questioned whether grouping Jews under a single ethnic category would produce sufficiently specific data for those purposes, or instead obscure differences among Jewish populations with distinct ancestries.

— Naomi Taxay, Sacbee.com, 28 Aug. 2026
This technique overcomes limitations of older methods like genotyping arrays, which were often biased towards European ancestries and less accurate.

— William A. Haseltine, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026

Definition of ancestries

Noun

Sometimes, though, these genealogies of behavior can seem beside the point, serving only to dull one’s analysis of the situation.

— Jay Caspian Kang, New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2026
The scientists’ method reconstructs genealogies, or maps showing where different pieces of DNA came from and how they were passed down, revealing branches of our evolutionary past.

— Taylor Nicioli, CNN Money, 26 Aug. 2026

Definition of genealogies

Noun

Global flavors with local pedigrees provide the secret sauce for Seattle’s culinary scene.

— Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 29 Aug. 2026
The cast has become a kind of living monument to New York theater, with Christine Baranski, Cynthia Nixon, Donna Murphy, Kelli O’Hara, Audra McDonald, and many others bringing Broadway pedigrees to the series.

— Chris Murphy, Vanity Fair, 25 Aug. 2026

Definition of pedigrees

Noun

But the paint allegedly became slippery in the sun, and three riders, including one known as a master of descents, crashed.

— Eric Klinenberg, New Yorker, 17 Aug. 2026
The relentless Carapaz pressured the American on the descents and put himself in the position to profit.

— Jacob Whitehead, New York Times, 25 July 2026

Definition of descents

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The conflict over Sabbath services in Charleston is widely regarded, although somewhat controversially, as the origins of Reform Judaism in the United States.

— Ashley Walters, The Conversation, 30 Sep. 2026
In particular, the event highlighted how sharing patients’ health records with federal researchers could benefit the study of the origins of chronic diseases.

— Brittany Trang, STAT, 29 Sep. 2026

Definition of origins

Noun

That distinction matters, particularly when counseling families facing a devastating diagnosis.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 3 Oct. 2026
Plummer, the Montgomery County Republican chairman, is now on the ballot for the Ohio state Senate and stressed that Trump has been what keeps the GOP's coalition of businesses and working-class families together.

— ABC News, ABC News, 3 Oct. 2026

Definition of families

Noun

Since then, the zoo saw the arrival of another panda and the births of several cubs before the pandas left in 2019 due to a loan agreement ending with the People's Republic of China.

— Angeline Jane Bernabe, ABC News, 24 Sep. 2026
In Chicago, births declined 37% between 2010 and 2023, according to Illinois Department of Public Health data.

— Kate Armanini, Chicago Tribune, 24 Sep. 2026

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