extract
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Afterward, the researchers extract a relatively thick oil from the solvent that functions as a lubricant.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 29, 2026
On the Nepali side of the border, the military located people trapped in the tunnel of the Trishuli 3A hydropower project, where they were working to find a way in to extract the survivors.
From Barron's ● Aug. 29, 2026
But because the draft was an inexact science, the surest way to extract value was to take as many shots as possible.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
Identifying the safest place to extract it was not straightforward, particularly as anatomy tends to differ between individuals.
From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026
In addition, within recent years, molecular geneticists have begun to extract DNA from ancient human skeletons and to compare the genes of Japan’s ancient and modern populations.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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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
About 70% of Happy Hippo’s sales come from plain-leaf powder and capsules, with the remainder from concentrated liquid extracts, gummies and flavor-infused taffy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026
Tests showed that extracts from the bean gum lowered HPV levels by 93% in saliva samples.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 4, 2026
US President Donald Trump's Science and Technology adviser Michael Kratsios said Moonshot AI carried out the campaign through what is known as distillation - when a weaker AI model extracts answers from a stronger one.
From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026
It inserts these minute and stiletto-sharp mouth parts into the outer cells of leaves and evergreen needles and extracts the chlorophyll.
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
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Sea salt, meanwhile, refers to salt extracted from ocean water or lakes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026
Then doctors told him about CAR-T treatment, in which a patient’s immune cells are extracted, re-engineered in a laboratory and reintroduced into the body to fight cancer cells.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 7, 2026
“The complaint alleges that Amazon’s scheme has likely extracted tens of billions of dollars from its unwitting advertising customers,” the FTC said.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 31, 2026
To investigate whether keratin could overcome some of these limitations, the researchers created membranes from keratin extracted from wool.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 12, 2026
“Hey!” she said as he carefully extracted and slowly examined Smith’s possessions.
From "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote
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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
Farmers source 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 ● Jul. 30, 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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"To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee, Chapters 12–15
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