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extract

[ik-strakt, ek-strakt, ek-strakt] / ɪkˈstrækt, ˈɛk strækt, ˈɛk strækt /






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Controlled Thermal Resources wants to extract lithium from hot brine that will be used to power a geothermal electricity plant it plans to build.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 17, 2026

But to keep investors happy, Netflix needs to extract more revenue per subscriber.

From MarketWatch Jul. 14, 2026

Now, Apple is accusing OpenAI of undertaking a "strategy to extract Apple's confidential information".

From BBC Jul. 10, 2026

EnergyX acquired the rights to extract lithium from more than 100,000 acres near Chile’s Salar de Punta Negra salt flat in late 2023.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 6, 2026

In the United States the FBI, which often has to extract DNA in criminal cases, considers the test, when done with the latest technology, infallible.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady

Valery said it was strange having to queue in a country that extracts so much oil.

From BBC Jul. 8, 2026

This capability could power a continuous measurement engine that extracts useful energy directly from the monitoring process.

From Science Daily Jul. 3, 2026

“They use the words ‘credit repair,’ but what’s really happening here is a negative option that extracts fees from people with the assumption that most people wanted this.”

From MarketWatch Jun. 2, 2026

Hamilton Lane has also gotten heat External link for booking profits on the discounts it extracts when acquiring pieces of private-equity and credit funds from other investors.

From Barron's May 28, 2026

He was encouraged to write a letter to the Althingi, the Icelandic parliament, and he composed a five-hundred-word plea, extracts of which follow:

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady

The furnaces operate at extreme temperatures, with iron ore and coking coal poured in at the top and liquid iron extracted at the bottom.

From BBC Jul. 17, 2026

First, I had raccoons, which we extracted with help from a trapper.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 14, 2026

For decades, oil companies had extracted carbon dioxide from the Earth and pumped it back underground to force more oil out under pressure, a process called enhanced oil recovery.

From Salon Jun. 26, 2026

Another advantage is that the information stored in these quantum states can be extracted using standard Ramsey measurement techniques, eliminating the need for specialized or exotic measurement methods.

From Science Daily Jun. 6, 2026

With difficulty he extracted a notebook and a stubby pencil from a back pocket.

From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson

By extracting more computing power from conventional hardware, the approach could expand the range of quantum dynamics problems scientists can study.

From Science Daily Jul. 20, 2026

“For these guys,” Banks said, the goal “is extraction,” and “what they’re extracting is not just our money, but our data.”

From Salon Jul. 20, 2026

The material has the potential to combat climate change by capturing and storing carbon or other pollutants, and by extracting water from the atmosphere in water-scarce areas.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 10, 2026

For Waste Management’s WM Recycling unit, automation is viewed as the key to extracting more profit by slashing labor costs.

From Barron's Jun. 17, 2026

He was fastidious about his fine black suit and stovepipe hat, extracting lint from the fabric and glaring at it as if it were a poison spider before flicking it.

From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead




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