extract
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But to keep investors happy, Netflix needs to extract more revenue per subscriber.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 14, 2026
Apple added that when OpenAI interviews current Apple employees for potential jobs the company allegedly tries to extract further information from them.
From BBC ● Jul. 10, 2026
But Disney has shareholders to serve, and obviously intends to extract all it can from every piece of intellectual property it owns, no matter how creatively corrupting and tasteless the endeavor might be.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026
Rye pollen extract is already sold as a dietary supplement that many people use to support prostate health.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 6, 2026
He was stunned by Crocker’s question, which hinted at the ease with which he could extract funds for a device with presumed, but far from certain, medical applications.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
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Valery said it was strange having to queue in a country that extracts so much oil.
From BBC ● Jul. 8, 2026
This capability could power a continuous measurement engine that extracts useful energy directly from the monitoring process.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 3, 2026
“They use the words ‘credit repair,’ but what’s really happening here is a negative option that extracts fees from people with the assumption that most people wanted this.”
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 2, 2026
Hamilton Lane has also gotten heat External link for booking profits on the discounts it extracts when acquiring pieces of private-equity and credit funds from other investors.
From Barron's ● May 28, 2026
She bends down and extracts a strip of pictures, only gently chewed by sprites.
From "The Cruel Prince" by Holly Black
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First, I had raccoons, which we extracted with help from a trapper.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026
The metal is extracted from minerals and rocks such as bauxite and does not occur naturally in its pure form.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 9, 2026
With Guthrie missing, the FBI extracted and released doorbell camera images of an armed and masked man outside her home on the morning of her disappearance.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 2, 2026
For decades, oil companies had extracted carbon dioxide from the Earth and pumped it back underground to force more oil out under pressure, a process called enhanced oil recovery.
From Salon ● Jun. 26, 2026
The Permian players had been trained and molded to perfection, every ounce of skill extracted and made into something, and it showed stunningly.
From "Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream" by H.G. Bissinger
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The material has the potential to combat climate change by capturing and storing carbon or other pollutants, and by extracting water from the atmosphere in water-scarce areas.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 10, 2026
The approach could eventually support new methods for extracting energy from quantum systems and preparing quantum states.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 3, 2026
For Waste Management’s WM Recycling unit, automation is viewed as the key to extracting more profit by slashing labor costs.
From Barron's ● Jun. 17, 2026
“Uh-oh,” I reply, extracting a Ritz cracker from its sleeve.
From Salon ● Jun. 15, 2026
The first thing to do was to find Ron, and then they could work out a way of extracting Hermione from the courtroom.
From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling
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