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

That’s the goal of Interlune, a startup founded by Blue Origin veterans that has raised at least $18 million to mine and extract resources on the moon and ship them back to Earth.

From MarketWatch • 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

He made a clownish face, and I knew he was trying to get Maribel to laugh, trying to extract the tiniest hint of the girl she used to be.

From "The Book of Unknown Americans" by Cristina Henríquez