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excerpt

[ek-surpt, ik-surpt] / ˈɛk sɜrpt, ɪkˈsɜrpt /




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The Canadian director is also the last voice you hear on Music, Fashion, Film, in an excerpt of an "hour-long" conversation he had with Charli last year,.

From BBC Jul. 24, 2026

An excerpt of their conversation, below, has been edited for length and clarity.

From Slate Jul. 6, 2026

In early June, the Wall Street Journal published an excerpt from Vance’s latest memoir, “Communion: Finding My Way Back to Faith,” which is officially released tomorrow.

From Salon Jun. 15, 2026

In an excerpt from his new book, the vice president reflects on how the death of the young conservative activist influenced his family to embrace a new life.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 6, 2026

Take this excerpt from a 340-word soliloquy in a novel by Rebecca Goldstein.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker

In 2021, Meghan won a High Court ruling against the Mail on Sunday after the paper published excerpts from a private letter she had written to her estranged father in 2019.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 21, 2026

But although no other media outlet has independently confirmed the letters’ authenticity, they match excerpts the New York Times quoted in a 2024 story about Harp joining the White House.

From Slate Aug. 21, 2026

Surviving excerpts of the letter, preserved in the Vatican archives, point to a major political struggle in Rome that may have influenced the fate of England.

From Science Daily Aug. 11, 2026

Alongside the footage, Humberside Police has released excerpts from interviews with Bush.

From BBC Jul. 29, 2026

Sometimes, and this was worst of all, the teachers would read excerpts from writeups about the process charts in the bathroom, the language records, and the decisions of the Family Council.

From "Cheaper by the Dozen" by Frank B. Gilbreth Jr. and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey

This essay is excerpted from culture writer Chuck Klosterman’s new book, “Football.”

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 22, 2026

A portion of their conversation is excerpted below, edited and condensed for clarity.

From Slate Dec. 8, 2025

These reports, excerpted and edited by Barron’s, were issued recently by investment and research firms.

From Barron's Dec. 6, 2025

Then-“SNL” writer Anne Beatts reacting, in a 1978 letter excerpted here, to the frustration of having to respond to the relentless barrage of unsolicited comedy material, wrote:

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 3, 2025

Mullen examined the tapes and excerpted all references to the candidates, until he had 37 separate segments, each roughly two and a half seconds long.

From "The Tipping Point" by Malcolm Gladwell

Cowley worked his magic again in launching Jack Kerouac’s career, spending years talking up and excerpting “On the Road” in magazines before publishing the 1957 Beat touchstone with Viking to immediate acclaim.

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 7, 2025

They also build on something search engines have already been doing, excerpting the most essential parts of existing content to save you a click.

From Washington Post Feb. 15, 2023

Thankfully, Adès has made further music from the score: the solo piano Berceuse, written for Kirill Gerstein, and this symphony, which cleverly echoes the opera without excerpting it.

From New York Times Oct. 23, 2022

Its formula is to hire two or three reporters per city and fill out newsletters by excerpting stories from existing local outlets.

From Seattle Times Aug. 10, 2022

Comparison with passages preserved in the Balawat extracts shows that the work of excerpting has been badly done by the editor of the third edition.

From Assyrian Historiography by A. T. (Albert Ten Eyck) Olmstead




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