How to Use extraction in a Sentence
extraction
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By the second, Pugh will have to use the skills she's learned to get them to their extraction point.
— Lester Fabian Brathwaite, EW.com, 16 Aug. 2022 -
Then came proof of the dangers of unchecked extraction.
— Gaiutra Bahadur Keisha Scarville, New York Times, 30 Mar. 2024 -
The beans ground with water had a longer extraction time and a stronger brew, even if they were made with the same beans.
— Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 7 Dec. 2023 -
The thing about systemic trauma is that it is built on the extraction of joy.
— Quartz, 22 Feb. 2023 -
Still, the group had no way to stop extraction that was already going on.
— Allison Keeley, The New Yorker, 3 Aug. 2022 -
For many of us, this will be how we are most exposed to the damage caused by the extraction machine.
— Callum Cant, The Mercury News, 30 July 2024 -
This is the safest and most effective method of extraction.
— The Salt Lake Tribune, 19 May 2022 -
That is the effective extraction limit of the pumps, many of which now lie abandoned.
— Fred Pearce, WIRED, 9 Mar. 2024 -
The medical risk posed by tooth extraction is quite small, even in a person in their 80s.
— Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive, 20 June 2022 -
That’s why pretty much every derm out there will beg you to keep your hands (and extraction tools) off your face.
— Jenna Ryu, SELF, 18 Oct. 2024 -
The movie begins in Trieste, Italy, where an extraction goes south.
— Jordan Hoffman, EW.com, 16 Aug. 2024 -
While care should be taken during the seed extraction, adults and children will find the process fun and worthwhile.
— Derek Carwood, Better Homes & Gardens, 20 July 2023 -
In 2018, a detainee died after a cell extraction in a San Diego County jail.
— Christopher Damien, New York Times, 18 May 2024 -
As fans should know, the state’s pillage people have other means of extraction.
— K. Lloyd Billingsley, Orange County Register, 25 Feb. 2024 -
Three ships for containment have been deployed, the coast guard said, aiming to finish the extraction in a week.
— Mithil Aggarwal, NBC News, 26 July 2024 -
During the extraction process, flavonoids and terpenes are removed from the cannabis plant to produce CBD isolate.
— The Salt Lake Tribune, 5 Sep. 2023 -
The shift from a model that is not just extractive of user data — but where, to borrow a phrase, extraction is the point.
— Brian Merchant, Los Angeles Times, 27 Apr. 2023 -
As a bonus, the tool includes four suction heads and four stainless steel extraction tools—all for under $25.
— Sam Peters, ELLE, 21 Jan. 2023 -
By now, Wiley had issued new orders for the extraction process.
— Ben Taub, The New Yorker, 14 Sep. 2023 -
Some believe the case could open the door for the extraction of other seafloor resources such as oil, gas and other minerals.
— Laura Paddison, CNN, 27 Jan. 2023 -
However, brewing the ground coffee in cold water may not lead to full extraction of the CBD, so the effects may not be as strong.
— Dallas News, 12 Jan. 2023 -
This involves adding chemicals to the brine to speed up the extraction process and replacing the remaining brine.
— Daniel Markind, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2023 -
Here on a sandy road off Route 66, past miles of scrubby creosote and spiny mesquite, Wicks monitors the pumps and pipes of a promising desert extraction project.
— Brett Simpson, The Atlantic, 23 Jan. 2023 -
There's a second button for lungo extraction, and that's about it.
— Rachel Klein, Popular Mechanics, 19 Dec. 2022 -
The trouble is that the decay has progressed to the point where tooth extraction is required, instead of a simple filling.
— Hersh Shefrin, Forbes, 31 Dec. 2022 -
What sets Elm & Rye apart is their unique extraction process, which utilizes a blend of CO2 and ethanol extraction methods.
— Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 23 Oct. 2023 -
At the peak of extraction, Groningen supplied Europe with roughly 10% of its gas.
— Anthony Faiola, Anchorage Daily News, 9 Sep. 2022 -
So, for purity and potency, CO2 extraction is the way to go.
— Michael Wright | For Cbdfx, The Salt Lake Tribune, 15 July 2022 -
Traditional mining operations like lithium and copper consume huge amounts of water, both through mining and ore extraction, which involves leaching the bits of lithium with sulfuric acid.
— Debra Utacia Krol, The Arizona Republic, 8 Nov. 2024 -
From a chemical perspective, the extraction, synthesis, or compounding of those medications is not terribly technically difficult.
— Jorge Just, Vox, 4 Nov. 2024
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