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extraction

noun as in removal from whole; distillation

noun as in ancestry, origin

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Echoing an ongoing U.S. mineral survey called the Earth Mapping Resources Initiative, SinoProbe II aims to chart ore formations and fossil fuel basins as deep as 3 kilometers and develop extraction technologies.

“If we could have a significant reduction in extraction, like 25% to 30%, it would make a huge difference for our ecosystems up here.”

And Trump’s “drill, baby, drill” agenda could increase the extraction of fossil fuels used to make plastics.

From Salon

It is the second Lincolnshire fossil fuel development to be quashed in recent months, with the decision to approve exploratory drilling and extraction at Biscathorpe overturned in July following a legal challenge.

From BBC

It distracts us from what's really going on, which is the extraction of resources by the global elites, and the global elites are involved in a universal suicide project for humankind.

From Salon

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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