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




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In an exclusive excerpt from his new book, “This Cursed Beautiful Land,” Evan Gershkovich searches for answers about his arrest while reporting in Russia.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026

An excerpt from Gurba’s new book, “Poppy State.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026

Sam, who now lives in Swansea, has recently been looking through his care files and shared an excerpt with the BBC.

From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2026

The following excerpt of their conversation has been edited and condensed for clarity.

From Slate ● Aug. 10, 2026

The interweaving of the personal and the philosophical in this excerpt is being used as an expository device, to help us understand the issues that Spinoza wrote about.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker

Kevin Bryan, a University of Toronto professor who specializes in the economics of innovation and artificial intelligence, also ran excerpts through Pangram, noting that every selection he pulled came back as 100% AI.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026

In creating “Actually, Nevermind,” Tomlinson pored through her mother’s diary, deciding to include a few excerpts in the finished book.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026

Here are edited excerpts from the conversation with Charles.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026

In excerpts of his book published by the Daily Mail, Earl Spencer claims the phone call took place after he insisted Diana would not have wanted the young princes to walk in the procession.

From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026

What follows are excerpts from the verbatim transcript.

From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel

The coming-of-age stories of four women the Times evacuated are chronicled in the forthcoming book “The Last Free Women,” excerpted below.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 6, 2026

The above essay is excerpted from the essay “Home Going” in “Freedom” by Zinzi Clemmons, published by Viking this June.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 8, 2026

Prokofiev’s Shakespeare-inspired music is excerpted and heard on a recording, sometimes harshly produced on the hall’s reverberant sound system.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 9, 2026

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

From Slate ● Dec. 8, 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

They also build on something search engines have already been doing, excerpting the most essential parts of existing content to save you a click.

From Washington Post ● Feb. 15, 2023

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

The couple met in 2012 in New York over a lunch to discuss the possibility of excerpting books published by Ms. Heimert’s company in the pages of The Journal’s weekend section.

From New York Times ● Nov. 12, 2017

Pending these futile negotiations Schiller worked with great zest upon 'Demetrius ',—reading, excerpting, examining maps and pictures, schematizing, balancing possibilities, and so forth.

From The Life and Works of Friedrich Schiller by Calvin Thomas




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