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[ek-surpt, ik-surpt] / ˈɛk sɜrpt, ɪkˈsɜrpt /




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The Canadian director is also the last voice you hear on Music, Fashion, Film, in an excerpt of an "hour-long" conversation he had with Charli last year,.

From BBC Jul. 24, 2026

National Prayer Breakfast, as highlighted in the excerpt above.

From Salon May 29, 2026

An excerpt from their conversation, edited for length and clarity, is below.

From Slate May 23, 2026

Each tile plays a short excerpt and the full title can be accessed on the Audible app.

From Barron's May 2, 2026

One thing we had going for us was an excerpt from this book that ran in Rolling Stone in April 1999.

From "Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho" by Jon Katz

Here are excerpts from our chat, edited for clarity.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 10, 2026

Watch the full conversation and read edited excerpts below.

From Los Angeles Times May 21, 2026

It began with Childs, who was dancer, choreographer and reciter in Glass’ “Einstein on the Beach,” sharing excerpts from that seminal Glass/Wilson music theater masterpiece.

From Los Angeles Times May 21, 2026

During his questioning on May 4, old journals he kept from years ago took center stage, with Musk's lawyer highlighting some of the most embarrassing excerpts.

From Barron's May 18, 2026

Then, somehow, I got caught up in one of Kevin’s World War II books—a book of excerpts from the recollections of concentration camp survivors.

From "Kindred" by Octavia Butler

But his brother Craig’s memorializing of him, “Armed Only With a Camera,” is oddly uninvolving, more an excerpted flipbook of Brent’s far-flung assignments than a meaningful portrait of excelling at a dangerous job.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 20, 2026

A portion of their conversation is excerpted below, edited and condensed for clarity.

From Slate Dec. 8, 2025

These reports, excerpted and edited by Barron’s, were issued recently by investment and research firms.

From Barron's Dec. 6, 2025

Then-“SNL” writer Anne Beatts reacting, in a 1978 letter excerpted here, to the frustration of having to respond to the relentless barrage of unsolicited comedy material, wrote:

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 3, 2025

Consider the “virtually” in the letter of recommendation excerpted above.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker

Cowley worked his magic again in launching Jack Kerouac’s career, spending years talking up and excerpting “On the Road” in magazines before publishing the 1957 Beat touchstone with Viking to immediate acclaim.

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 7, 2025

Its formula is to hire two or three reporters per city and fill out newsletters by excerpting stories from existing local outlets.

From Seattle Times Aug. 10, 2022

I also asked Daniel Ziblatt, a Harvard professor and a co-author of “How Democracies Die,” for his thoughts, and his email response is worth excerpting:

From New York Times Feb. 10, 2022

Even at 82, Steinem says the experience taught her something: “It made me understand the dangers of excerpting a few words.”

From Time May 5, 2016

Nor in the way of Spiritual Portraiture does there, after so much writing and excerpting, anything of importance remain for me to say.

From Life of John Sterling by Carlyle, Thomas




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