extract
Example Sentences
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The National Park Service and an Australian company are at odds over an old Mojave Desert gold mine, where the company is seeking to extract rare earth minerals.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 15, 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
Rosenior has continued to extract strong performances from Fernandez and has spoken positively about their working relationship.
From BBC • Apr. 8, 2026
Feldman suspects the outperformance comes because such deals essentially carve out an unloved unit from a bigger company and matches it with a focused partner that can better extract value through greater scale.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026
I tried to extract us from the nest without waking Songololo, but that would have been hard enough in a bed, even worse in an improvised hammock that tipped and rocked with every movement.
From "Endangered" by Eliot Schrefer
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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