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the line of ancestors from whom a person is descended
a family of Italian extraction
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Recent Examples of extraction
Support chatbots came next, at 31%, followed by enterprise search and retrieval, data extraction and transformation, and meeting summarization.
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Hayden Field, CNBC, 20 Nov. 2024
Enhancing energy efficiency throughout extraction, refining and transportation could help further cut energy consumption and emissions.
—Sahit Muja, Forbes, 22 Nov. 2024
Burgum, himself a billionaire, has also been a vocal critic of the policies of President Joe Biden to raise barriers around the extraction industry.
—Frederick Dreier, Outside Online, 15 Nov. 2024
The company continues to focus on the extraction, refinement, and distribution of technical minerals, particularly lithium, through its mining claims in Utah.
—Quartz Bot, Quartz, 14 Nov. 2024
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Hayden Field, CNBC, 20 Nov. 2024
Enhancing energy efficiency throughout extraction, refining and transportation could help further cut energy consumption and emissions.
—Sahit Muja, Forbes, 22 Nov. 2024
Burgum, himself a billionaire, has also been a vocal critic of the policies of President Joe Biden to raise barriers around the extraction industry.
—Frederick Dreier, Outside Online, 15 Nov. 2024
The company continues to focus on the extraction, refinement, and distribution of technical minerals, particularly lithium, through its mining claims in Utah.
—Quartz Bot, Quartz, 14 Nov. 2024
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Virgo Check in with your brood or look up your family tree to get details on your ancestry.Lisa Stardust, People.com, 5 Dec. 2024
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Chickens Are Miniature Dinosaurs Beyond the anatomical and molecular evidence, chickens exhibit behavioral and neurological traits that echo their prehistoric ancestry, according to a December 2011 article published in Historical Biology.Scott Travers, Forbes, 4 Dec. 2024
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Perpetual Calendar Chronograph | $190,000 Patek Philippe’s lineage of perpetual calendar references is legendary, beginning with the ref.Blake Buettner, Robb Report, 6 Dec. 2024
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Looking at the two other lineages of Cravalho’s mixed ancestry, less than 5% of Hawaiians identified as Irish in the most recent American Community Survey — just over 66,000.Arturo Conde, NBC News, 1 Dec. 2024
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The origin point of the blaze is textbook wildland-urban interface, or WUI (woo-ee).Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 11 Dec. 2024
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True to their origin story, Gonzalez was wearing a sequin La DoubleJ number for the occasion.Freya Drohan, Vogue, 11 Dec. 2024
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Between 5,000 and 8,000 men of African descent fought in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War.Kinsey Gidick, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 Dec. 2024
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The results are also limited by the population studied, which is primarily of European descent, said Dr. Robert Eckel, professor emeritus of medicine at the University of Colorado Anschutz medical campus and former president of the American Heart Association.Madeline Holcombe, CNN, 10 Dec. 2024
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There’s no evidence that the wolves are a breeding pair.Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 30 Nov. 2024
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Even a half-acre, or even quarter-acre of cover can hold a breeding pair of deer.Josh Honeycutt, Outdoor Life, 14 Nov. 2024
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How genetic genealogy cracked the case Genetic genealogy, a combination of DNA analysis and family tree research, finally led detectives to Guillot Jr. A relatively new field of study, genetic genealogy gained prominence as hobbyists began looking into their family history.Maria Aguilar Prieto, CNN, 8 Dec. 2024
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He was not born with that name and does not appear in the official genealogy maintained in the archive of the Rothschilds.Daniel Miller, Los Angeles Times, 4 Dec. 2024
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Best Stocking Stuffers Under $10 Amazon has plenty of affordable stocking stuffer options under $10 that will save you money while still delighting your family.Wendy Vazquez, Southern Living, 14 Dec. 2024
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The story of a young boy defending his home from burglars while his family is away has become a holiday tradition for many.Stephan Pechdimaldji, Newsweek, 14 Dec. 2024
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Given this recent legacy, some might suggest there is less site specific pedigree in circulation than might be needed to judge the legitimacy of all the applications.Paul Caputo, Forbes, 13 Dec. 2024
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The menu was designed by Andres Robles Montenegro, an Ecuadorian chef with a Relais & Châteaux pedigree.Stefanie Waldek, Travel + Leisure, 11 Dec. 2024
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“Extraction.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/extraction. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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