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extraneous

[ik-strey-nee-uhs] / ɪkˈstreɪ ni əs /




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"The LNF is an amazing facility," Gong said, adding it was a painstaking process to meld the device's materials together in a way that didn't introduce any extraneous electric fields.

From Science Daily Jul. 28, 2026

Detours into Lindsay’s traumatic childhood, for example, and into her current profession as an audiobook narrator seem somewhat extraneous.

From The Wall Street Journal May 15, 2026

The soundtrack captures the subtle smack of lips moving and the flutter of expressive hands moving through air, as well as extraneous sound like the hum of a jet passing overhead.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 4, 2025

“I saw myself as this extraneous body that was a bit threatening,” Tres told Salon in a phone interview.

From Salon May 26, 2025

After three days of the headmistress depending on us for everything, we had suddenly become extraneous.

From "Hollow City" by Ransom Riggs




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