extract
Example Sentences
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The most complicated case of the finale episode comes when a patient needs emergency surgery to extract her baby, then a second team in the room works to save the oxygen-starved newborn.
From The Wall Street Journal • 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
In particular, the lower limbs appear to have been selected, and the bones were deliberately broken open to extract nutrient-rich marrow.
From Science Daily • Apr. 12, 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
I couldn’t extract him from the shrubbery without pulling on him, and I didn’t want to touch him.
From Each Little Bird That Sings by Deborah Wiles
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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