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extraneous

[ik-strey-nee-uhs] / ɪkˈstreɪ ni əs /




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"The LNF is an amazing facility," Gong said, adding it was a painstaking process to meld the device's materials together in a way that didn't introduce any extraneous electric fields.

From Science Daily Jul. 28, 2026

The soundtrack captures the subtle smack of lips moving and the flutter of expressive hands moving through air, as well as extraneous sound like the hum of a jet passing overhead.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 4, 2025

And a solo for limber Yuniel Betancourt that is meant to serve as punctuation feels more extraneous than conclusive.

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 17, 2025

"He was just quietly sitting there, taking script pages out, cutting them up, removing extraneous stuff like scene descriptions, and then sticking them back onto blank pages," he said.

From BBC Mar. 1, 2025

He needs a clean sheet of paper, no extraneous marks.

From "Drama High" by Michael Sokolove




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