extract
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Press firmly on the peaches with the back of a spoon to extract as much liquid, color and flavor as possible.
From Salon ● Aug. 16, 2026
Just like all young professionals, Fin spent hours every day trying to extract as much performance as possible.
From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026
The country holds some of the world’s largest oil resources but years of underinvestment means it lacks the infrastructure needed to extract it competitively.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
"There are many long dinosaur trackways around the world where this method could be applied to extract behavioral information that was previously inaccessible."
From Science Daily ● Aug. 11, 2026
Ron struggled for a moment before managing to extract his wand from his pocket.
From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling
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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
Carney and Smith cleared a key hurdle toward a new pipeline on Friday by signing a deal on industrial carbon pricing, a system that extracts a fee from large‑scale CO2 emitters.
From Barron's ● May 15, 2026
"We will face up to the big challenges and we will make the big arguments," he is expected to say, according to extracts released by Downing Street.
From BBC ● May 10, 2026
With support from FAPESP, the researchers first isolated and characterized extracts from the leaves that were rich in galloylquinic acids.
From Science Daily ● May 7, 2026
He reaches into his apron pocket, extracts a white handkerchief, and mops his glistening forehead.
From "The Boy Who Dared" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti
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These compounds can then be extracted and turned into plastic-like materials.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 17, 2026
Asked about the lawsuit during questioning, Turner said, “We’re working on that right now,” then shifted to a brown lunch bag pulled from the lectern from which he extracted several items.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026
The Ministry of Mines and Petroleum has sought to regulate the industry, with spokesman Hamayoun Afghan saying resources "used to be extracted erratically; it wasn't done under supervision" by the previous government.
From Barron's ● Aug. 9, 2026
How those resources are extracted is the subject of “Beneath the Surface: Mining and American Photography,” an exhibition of over 150 pictures at the National Gallery of Art through Aug. 23.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026
Harry took out the rolled-up socks at the bottom of his trunk and extracted the tiny, gleaming bottle.
From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling
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Farmers source additional 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 ● Aug. 5, 2026
Scientists uncovered that inheritance by extracting and sequencing DNA preserved in Neanderthal and Denisovan fossils.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 1, 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
Cervo, founded in 2024, created a platform that uses agentic AI to draft customs entries by extracting information off documents about imported goods, automating what was a time-consuming, manual task.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026
She was standing by the counter, already breaking up some dried fish, extracting the needlelike bones.
From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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