as in to pry
to draw out by force or with effort
extracted a splinter from my hand
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as in excerpt
a part taken from a longer work
the anthology includes a long extract from the epic poem
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Recent Examples of extract
Alexander Onukwue, semafor.com, 10 Sep. 2025
The driver of the Ford, who was an off-duty LMPD officer, had to be extracted from the truck.
—Caroline Neal, Louisville Courier Journal, 10 Sep. 2025
Sam Manzella, Flow Space, 10 Sep. 2025
Instead, Alice Mushrooms products are jam-packed with ingredients like organic Lion’s Mane, organic Cordyceps extracts, Ashwaganda and Reishi mushrooms.
—Emma Sandler, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
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Verb
The company already operates in the country, extracting about 45,000 barrels per day from the Banga Kayo onshore field.
—Alexander Onukwue, semafor.com, 10 Sep. 2025
The driver of the Ford, who was an off-duty LMPD officer, had to be extracted from the truck.
—Caroline Neal, Louisville Courier Journal, 10 Sep. 2025
Noun
Antioxidant-rich maritime pine bark extract, sometimes referred to by the brand name Pycnogenol, may also work.
—Sam Manzella, Flow Space, 10 Sep. 2025
Instead, Alice Mushrooms products are jam-packed with ingredients like organic Lion’s Mane, organic Cordyceps extracts, Ashwaganda and Reishi mushrooms.
—Emma Sandler, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for extract
Noun
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Jeffrey Goldberg, the magazine’s editor, endorsed it in a note appended to the excerpt.—
W. James Antle III,
The Washington Examiner,
12 Sep. 2025
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An excerpt from our conversation appears later in this newsletter.—
Megan Poinski,
Forbes.com,
11 Sep. 2025
Verb
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What lingers are the fragments that weren’t rehearsed, a voice breaking, a note pulled from the back of a notebook, a chant that filled the room, a line spoken more to a spouse than to the cameras.—
Vibhas Ratanjee,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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Bolt-action rifles, prized for reliability, require the operator to pull the trigger for one round before manually chambering another round.—
Eduardo Cuevas,
USA Today,
14 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Yet there’s a relaxed comfort to dinner in the airy concrete-floored loft, starting with the Taiwanese sausage that arrives as an early bite, wedged into homemade brioche like a tiny hot dog and plucked up between two fingers.—
The Bon Appétit Staff,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
12 Sep. 2025
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The Orioles plucked him in the Rule 5 draft after a tragic plane crash claimed their top catching prospect.—
Jon Paul Hoornstra,
MSNBC Newsweek,
12 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Until George Springer yanked a 450-foot fly to the left-field bleachers, the lineup was ostensibly silent.—
Mitch Bannon,
New York Times,
10 Sep. 2025
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The same words apply to the title character at the film‘s center, the inscrutable and seemingly unscrupulous Hedda Gabler (a magnetic Tessa Thompson), here yanked firmly from the late 20th century setting of Henrik Ibsen’s iconic play into the ’50s, and not missing a single trick along the way.—
Kate Erbland,
IndieWire,
8 Sep. 2025
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“Extract.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/extract. Accessed 15 Sep. 2025.
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