extract
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In reality, even a monopolist wouldn’t be able to extract all consumer surplus, because of the presence of alternatives and the inability to fully know consumers’ willingness to pay.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 11, 2026
Under the right conditions, a small star can steadily extract matter from a nearby brown dwarf without immediately destroying it.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 10, 2026
Sold as powder, extract, paste, or frozen puree, ube is easily mixed into coffee, pastries, ice cream, spreads and even make-up.
From Barron's ● Oct. 6, 2026
"We have to extract a DNA profile from their relatives and then compare".
From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026
“Who’s to say they don’t mean to extract the ymbrynes’ souls, too?” said Enoch.
From "Hollow City" by Ransom Riggs
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It estimates how much energy the body extracts before food reaches the colon, how much energy microbes produce from the remaining material, and how much ultimately gets absorbed or eliminated.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 12, 2026
In a paper published in October 2025 called "Artificial Writing and Automated Detection", researchers at the University of Chicago found Pangram "achieving near-zero error rates" on medium-to-long extracts.
From Barron's ● Sep. 25, 2026
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
Garrett extracts his arm from behind my back, leaning forward in his seat.
From "Leah on the Offbeat" by Becky Albertalli
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Those roots contain fragrant compounds that can be extracted to make essential oils.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 6, 2026
"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
When Boeing bought the company it was preserving its own supply chain, and for that Spirit extracted a large premium.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026
One by one, Snape extracted Harry’s books and examined them.
From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling
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Other companies are extracting insights from large amounts of data for algorithmic-pricing strategies.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 8, 2026
Two oil companies – Britain's Rockhopper Exploration and Israel's Navitas Petroleum – are due to begin extracting from the oilfield within two years.
From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2026
He was sent, instead, to a disciplinary Siberia—in his case a Baltic port in Lithuania—where he was tasked with extracting information from Western sailors and businessman.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 20, 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
Or can we use a nonspecific fungicide without also killing the fungi that inhabit the roots of many trees in a beneficial association that aids the tree in extracting nutrients from the soil?
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
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