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Here is an excerpt from his acceptance speech:
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 15, 2026
The excerpt below is a scene from a dinner party in which one character launches into a riff about the pervasiveness of Yotam Ottolenghi’s cookbook recipes at social gatherings.
From Slate ● Aug. 15, 2026
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
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
“I’d love to know what you are thinking and feeling about the story of Henrietta Lacks. Anyone want to share an excerpt from the book that stood out to you?”
From "Watch Us Rise" by Renée Watson and Ellen Hagan
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In creating “Actually, Nevermind,” Tomlinson pored through her mother’s diary, deciding to include a few excerpts in the finished book.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 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
Plaid Cymru, newly installed in government in Wales, is still experimenting with its approach, using First Minister Rhun Ap Iorweth in "fun" memes while also posting more serious interview excerpts.
From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026
He said that publishing online can make work more accessible to new readers, although most people publish shorter excerpts to drum up attention for a book that readers will eventually want to pay for.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026
Two of the evangelists, a man and a woman, held hands and seesawed from side to side like babies being rocked to sleep, singing and humming excerpts from some cryptic hymns.
From "Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography" by Mark Mathabane
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A portion of their conversation, edited and condensed for clarity, has been excerpted below.
From Slate ● May 12, 2026
In the climate science chapter, footnote 77 says “discussion of attribution research has been adapted, and, in some cases, excerpted from the authors’ prior publications on this topic.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 13, 2026
Prokofiev’s Shakespeare-inspired music is excerpted and heard on a recording, sometimes harshly produced on the hall’s reverberant sound system.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 9, 2026
This essay is excerpted from Gov. Gavin Newsom’s new memoir, “Young Man in a Hurry: A Memoir of Discovery.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 24, 2026
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
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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
She performs a public service by excerpting the treatment for Robin Thicke’s “Blurred Lines” video, which might be the most embarrassing PDF in the history of entertainment.
From New York Times ● Nov. 5, 2021
Prosecutors leaned heavily on exchanges between Leopold and Edwards, excerpting from messages that suggested the relationship overstepped the traditional bounds of reporter and source.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 8, 2021
Even at 82, Steinem says the experience taught her something: “It made me understand the dangers of excerpting a few words.”
From Time ● May 5, 2016
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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