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extract

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






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To extract this information, the researchers proposed three complementary measurement techniques within a single framework.

From Science Daily • Apr. 17, 2026

This allows the executives at DoorDash to extract often-excruciating hours of work from people like Simmons, without having to pay benefits or salaries that direct employees would receive.

From Salon • Apr. 17, 2026

A handful of companies which were granted licenses in 2021 pay a fee to the owner of the lough bed, the Earl of Shaftesbury, for every tonne they extract.

From BBC • Apr. 15, 2026

Sales of heat pumps—a low-carbon technology used to extract warmth from the outside air to heat people’s homes—more than doubled in the month.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 12, 2026

“They had to extract Dimple with the forceps, you know. Very painful. I couldn’t go to bathroom without screaming after that.”

From "When Dimple Met Rishi" by Sandhya Menon




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