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extract

[ik-strakt, ek-strakt, ek-strakt] / ɪkˈstrækt, ˈɛk strækt, ˈɛk strækt /






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North Korean foreign policy expert Dr Edward Howell, from the University of Oxford, has told the BBC that Pyongyang "has a long history of using cyber warfare to extract cash".

From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2026

Divers worked over the past four months to extract its pottery from barnacles clinging to the rocky underwater slope.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 26, 2026

Chinese companies have also partnered with Rio Tinto to extract iron ore from the Simandou project in Guinea, previously seen as one of the world’s biggest untapped iron-ore deposits.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026

There are a number of ways the chancellor could extract more money from the sector.

From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2026

From this one can extract another notable observation: princes must delegate distasteful tasks to others, while pleasant ones they should keep for themselves.

From "The Prince" by Niccolò Machiavelli

They pioneered phytocosmetology—using plant extracts and essential oils in combination with advanced technological research.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 18, 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

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

I roll my eyes—but Nick extracts himself from the guys and follows Simon and me onto the porch.

From "Leah on the Offbeat" by Becky Albertalli

With the continent increasingly reliant on imports of American LNG, gas extracted closer to home will help alleviate some energy security concerns.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026

To find the biological machinery behind this unusual behavior, Lerner extracted DNA from the entire community of microorganisms living in the soil samples.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 16, 2026

He has also successfully extracted multimillion-dollar settlements from CBS and ABC after suing the networks over news content he believed treated him unfairly.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026

Alumina is a substance extracted from bauxite ore that is mainly used as the raw material to smelt aluminum metal.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026

Hermione rummaged for a moment and then extracted from the pile a large volume, bound in faded black leather.

From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling

The frontal cortex, meanwhile, is more involved in extracting broader meaning, recognizing patterns, and understanding the central message of an experience, sometimes called its "gist."

From Science Daily ● Oct. 20, 2026

Other companies are extracting insights from large amounts of data for algorithmic-pricing strategies.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 8, 2026

In South Africa, informal miners known locally as zama zamas pry open closed shafts to try their luck extracting what remains of the country’s gold reserves.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 21, 2026

He wants the government to help local miners establish safer and more effective ways of finding and extracting the gold.

From BBC ● Aug. 22, 2026

One therefore has to make simplifying assumptions and approximations—and even then, the problem of extracting predictions remains a formidable one.

From "A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays" by Stephen Hawking


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