extract

Example Sentences

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A small team would be needed to extract the uranium, assuming it could be found in a single location.

From Salon • Apr. 3, 2026

"The productivity of that -- in terms of how much you could extract from it -- peaked in the late 1990s and it's been in decline ever since," she added.

From Barron's • Apr. 1, 2026

In 1947, McCormick bought San Francisco’s A. Schilling & Co., a coffee, spice and extract company, building the business’s coast-to-coast distribution in the U.S.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026

Otherwise, he says, "companies come in, extract the resources, oftentimes with foreign equipment and engineers, then ship it".

From BBC • Mar. 26, 2026

Those pure black eyes seemed to pull at Hazel, as if trying to extract her soul.

From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan