extractable
Example Sentences
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“The big question for me is how to teach students to govern their own attention, judgment and thought in a society that increasingly treats them as extractable resources,” Senk said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 1, 2026
So, it has surpluses of lighter rare earths such as neodymium, but lacks extractable quantities of heavier elements like dysprosium and terbium, which are critical for many high-performance magnets.
From BBC ● Jan. 15, 2026
For turnout gear produced between 2013 and 2020, the outer shell typically contained higher extractable levels of brominated flame retardants than the moisture barrier or inner lining.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 18, 2025
While they might be chock full of extractable ice, it might be necessary to protect these features for the science they are likely to offer.
From Scientific American ● May 23, 2023
When Anna Estcourt was twenty-five, and had begun to wonder whether the pleasure extractable from life at all counterbalanced the bother of it, a wonderful thing happened.
From The Benefactress by Elizabeth
