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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

We hear an excerpt from a review by William Logan, poetry’s dean of critical defenestration, condemning her work for its pretty plainness.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 2, 2026

National Prayer Breakfast, as highlighted in the excerpt above.

From Salon May 29, 2026

An excerpt of their conversation about Thomas and Alito’s dissents, below, has been edited for length and clarity.

From Slate May 15, 2026

Below is an excerpt from the “National Core Arts Standards: A Conceptual Framework for Arts Learning,” which explains some of the background in their creation.

From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin

Plaid Cymru, newly installed in government in Wales, is still experimenting with its approach, using First Minister Rhun Ap Iorweth in "fun" memes while also posting more serious interview excerpts.

From BBC Aug. 20, 2026

The eerie mood is accentuated by an introductory film projected on the distant stone and a twangy voice intoning excerpts from the Lincoln speeches etched in the atrium above ground.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 19, 2026

Surviving excerpts of the letter, preserved in the Vatican archives, point to a major political struggle in Rome that may have influenced the fate of England.

From Science Daily Aug. 11, 2026

"Miraculously, just a few days shy of my 12th birthday, I spoke," he writes in the book, excerpts of which were published by The New York Times.

From Barron's Aug. 11, 2026

Though there was little new news, Elisha’s influential family and friends supplied the newspapers with excerpts from his letters to keep his name in the public eye.

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock

This essay is excerpted from culture writer Chuck Klosterman’s new book, “Football.”

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 22, 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

Mullen examined the tapes and excerpted all references to the candidates, until he had 37 separate segments, each roughly two and a half seconds long.

From "The Tipping Point" by Malcolm Gladwell

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

Goldin — with questions from Poitras — narrates her eventful, often tragic life, excerpting her celebrated slide shows, and giving her story an even more harrowing coherence, while making some new revelations.

From New York Times Dec. 7, 2022

Prosecutors leaned heavily on exchanges between Leopold and Edwards, excerpting from messages that suggested the relationship overstepped the traditional bounds of reporter and source.

From Seattle Times Jul. 8, 2021

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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