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extract

[ik-strakt, ek-strakt, ek-strakt] / ɪkˈstrækt, ˈɛk strækt, ˈɛk strækt /






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The company and its affiliates have sued at least 19 patient families and employers in an effort to extract payments since late 2024, according to court records.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 2, 2026

Hedge funds employ the best AI researchers available, spending hundreds of millions of dollars annually to extract fractions of a percentage point of edge.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 1, 2026

The team used acetonitrile to extract PAHs from food samples, then tested several purification strategies involving different combinations of sorbents.

From Science Daily • May 22, 2026

"In some ways it might be easier to extract him," said Adam Isacson, a regional expert with the Washington Office on Latin America, an NGO.

From BBC • May 21, 2026

Whoever had eaten it must have had a great appetite, for his teeth had cut right into the bone to extract its goodness.

From "The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa" by Alexander Mccall Smith




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