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






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By doing so, the researchers hope to extract more useful information from each electron, potentially allowing scientists to form clearer images while exposing delicate samples to fewer electrons.

From Science Daily Sep. 13, 2026

Broadly speaking, he said, “there are people who are trying to spread their religion. There are people who are trying to extract resources from other communities, and then there are people who want status.”

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 11, 2026

He was speaking to the BBC alongside author Dame Julia Donaldson for the launch of their new book Gruffalo Granny, with Dame Julia reading an extract.

From BBC Sep. 10, 2026

She said she was summoned to a court hearing by police, but decided not to go because she feared officials wanted to use the meeting to extract a bribe.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 6, 2026

He just sent us an X-marks-the-spot map on how to find him, should we want to extract him.

From "The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge" by M.T. Anderson and Eugene Yelchin

According to book extracts published by Haaretz, UAE President Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan had a phone call with Netanyahu that September.

From BBC Sep. 10, 2026

The company is most known for its camera network, which extracts data about cars from photographs and allows operators to search for vehicles by description or license plate number.

From Salon Aug. 17, 2026

About 70% of Happy Hippo’s sales come from plain-leaf powder and capsules, with the remainder from concentrated liquid extracts, gummies and flavor-infused taffy.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 11, 2026

In tests involving oral samples from patients, extracts from the gum sharply reduced one virus and two types of bacteria linked to the disease.

From Science Daily Aug. 4, 2026

She bends down and extracts a strip of pictures, only gently chewed by sprites.

From "The Cruel Prince" by Holly Black

"We want an industry run in the interests of people and the environment, with its income reinvested in the system rather than extracted from it."

From BBC Sep. 20, 2026

Sea salt, meanwhile, refers to salt extracted from ocean water or lakes.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 9, 2026

"It's undoubtedly better than before. Before, this oil wasn't being extracted; if no one extracts it, no one pays royalties, and no one profits from it," he said.

From Barron's Aug. 30, 2026

He now runs a bulk-shipping terminal down river from the closed Savannah mill that in an earlier era was where barrels of turpentine, extracted from pine trees, were exported.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 28, 2026

Lawrence placed that project under McMillan, whom he extracted from the radar program for the purpose.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik

In South Africa, informal miners known locally as zama zamas pry open closed shafts to try their luck extracting what remains of the country’s gold reserves.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 21, 2026

Two other Republicans who had threatened Blanche’s nomination, Sens. John Cornyn of Texas and Thom Tillis of North Carolina, ultimately voted to confirm him after extracting concessions.

From Salon Aug. 8, 2026

Farmers source water for their crops and livestock over summer from a combination of stored winter rainfall on site, and by extracting it from natural sources - a process called abstraction.

From BBC Jul. 30, 2026

While its emissions are lower, drilling and extracting it causes the leakage of methane, a powerful greenhouse gas and the main component of natural gas.

From Barron's Jul. 25, 2026

Coalwood, West Virginia, where I grew up, was built for the purpose of extracting the millions of tons of rich bituminous coal that lay beneath it.

From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam




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