extract
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Palliser Capital says Ajinomoto has the leverage to extract a lot more money from customers but isn’t raising prices meaningfully—a restraint that in its view, is a missed opportunity.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026
Various deputies tried to extract the suspect, including breaking windows and tossing multiple rounds of a substance, as could be seen on television footage.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2026
A small team would be needed to extract the uranium, assuming it could be found in a single location.
From Salon • Apr. 3, 2026
"The productivity of that -- in terms of how much you could extract from it -- peaked in the late 1990s and it's been in decline ever since," she added.
From Barron's • Apr. 1, 2026
But in the days after the theft, Alphonse Bertillon and Louis Lépine had managed to extract a couple of clues from the Louvre itself.
From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day
Vocabulary lists containing extract
Jim Burke's Academic Vocabulary List
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"To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee, Chapters 12–15
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Words to Know Before You Defrost the Bird
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