extract
Example Sentences
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At the individual level, you may extract much more or much less than you paid in, depending on accidents such as your life span.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026
"In our tests with ambient air, we were able to extract 97 milligrams of CO2 with one gram of material," explains Zhou Dong, a postdoctoral researcher in Mezzenga's group and lead author of the study.
From Science Daily • Jun. 11, 2026
If these sequels prove anything, it’s that “Cars” was never about the insights it could provide the audience, but rather, the money it could extract from their wallets.
From Salon • Jun. 6, 2026
Bomb technicians from the FBI and Sheriff’s Department worked together to extract it from the bag, place a bomb blast suppression device on top and remove it from the airport.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 3, 2026
It wasn’t simply that Anning was good at spotting fossils–though she was unrivalled at that–but that she could extract them with the greatest delicacy and without damage.
From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson
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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