EXTRACTS Synonyms: 37 Similar and Opposite Words

extracts 1 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of extract

as in pulls

to draw out by force or with effort extracted a splinter from my hand

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extracts

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noun

plural of extract

as in excerpts

a part taken from a longer work the anthology includes a long extract from the epic poem

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Recent Examples of extracts

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Smart Document Capture extracts financial information from invoices, receipts and other documents directly into Xero. — Gene Marks, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2026 Under a contract with Konza Health, the new system automatically extracts emergency room records covering more than 10,000 diagnostic conditions. — Mike Stunson, USA Today, 28 July 2026 Space startup Interlune revealed a new technology that extracts 99% pure helium-3 from standard Grade A helium. — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 21 July 2026 So instead of getting magnesium that has been smelted via the Pidgeon process, Lola extracts the stuff from seawater via electrolysis, powered by solar. — Jonathan M. Gitlin, ArsTechnica, 7 July 2026 This process extracts the melon’s precious juice and preserves its vivid color. — Jesse Szewczyk, Bon Appetit Magazine, 17 June 2026 Like Fernando Alonso and once upon a time, Sebastian Vettel, Hulkenberg often extracts more out of the car than anyone would expect. — Jerry Perez, The Drive, 11 June 2026 So workers are taking extra care to smooth those out and make sure they have not been damaged by the machine that extracts them. — Kaitlyn Schallhorn, Oc Register, 28 May 2026 At Cincinnati's Christ Hospital, an AI tool that extracts incidental findings from radiology reports helped achieve a 69% early-stage lung cancer detection rate, compared with a national average of 46%. — Time Contributors, Time, 27 Apr. 2026

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Coming in 20 shades, the skin tint is priced at $38 and features a 73 percent skin care formula with ingredients including daikon radish seed and açaí extracts. — Noor Lobad, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2026 But whole-leaf kratom — the natural product and its extracts — has also led to dependence and death, according to McCurdy’s own research. — Anjeanette Damon, ProPublica, 1 Sep. 2026 Redensyl pairs larch wood and green tea leaf extracts with amino acids to promote a healthy follicle environment. — Christa Joanna Lee, Allure, 28 Aug. 2026 The formula has since been reimagined with botanical extracts and a smooth cream-to-powder texture. — Conçetta Ciarlo, Vogue, 28 Aug. 2026 Composed of poetic extracts from interviews Kapla recorded with residents of a settlement deep in the Swedish forest, this book offers a collage of everyday gripes, lyricism expressed in everyday language, and unexpected glimpses of the sublime. — The Week Us, TheWeek, 26 Aug. 2026 BePlain pairs mung bean seed extracts with niacinamide, glycerin and hyaluronic acid, Lee writes in a separate Allure piece; Medicube foregrounds collagen, squalene and niacinamide, per the New York Post’s Victoria McDonnell. — Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Miami Herald, 26 Aug. 2026 Afterward, a Lomi Lomi massage utilizing different oils—including my choice, which comes infused with local Black Forest herbs and pine- and fir-tree extracts—nearly puts me to sleep. — Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 23 Aug. 2026 Still, most studies on these ingredients use extracts or supplements, which are often much higher in dosage and concentration than tea. — Eleesha Lockett, Verywell Health, 23 Aug. 2026

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Studios build best picture runs around a face and a narrative, and Focus is betting that a breakout turn is the engine that pulls the rest of the slate into the race.

— Clayton Davis, Variety, 2 Sep. 2026
One of these women is a Stanford chemist whose fertilizer pulls carbon out of the sky.

— Lisa Curtis, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2026

Definition of pulls

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Media excerpts situate Jarman’s visible advocacy as a spokesperson for the community.

— Sophie Monks Kaufman, IndieWire, 4 Sep. 2026
Today such grafts, whether visual or textual, would be called citations; at the time, a text made of excerpts was called a cento, which originally meant a patchwork rag.

— Mario Carpo, Artforum, 1 Sep. 2026

Definition of excerpts

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By fields of cotton and soybeans where his bees forage and pollinate, Foster Hensel pries open the lid of one of his beehives, setting off a rising hum from inside.

— Drew Hawkins, NPR, 27 Aug. 2026
Remove the 11 Philips-head screws on the bottom of the laptop, and its bottom pries up with a bit of pressure.

— ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 24 Aug. 2026

Definition of pries

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His torso and thighs grow eye-poppingly muscular beneath their skimpy fur-and-leather togs—a development that does not go unnoticed by a warrior named Red Hair, who plucks the young hunk from his post and tosses him into the prime time of the gladiator pit.

— Naomi Fry, New Yorker, 15 June 2026
But the emotional gravity of this offering's deeply personal, melancholic lyrical content plucks an undeniably profound chord that uniquely separates it from the rest of his work.

— Chris Barilla, PEOPLE, 29 May 2026