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extract

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






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To extract this information, the researchers proposed three complementary measurement techniques within a single framework.

From Science Daily • Apr. 17, 2026

This allows the executives at DoorDash to extract often-excruciating hours of work from people like Simmons, without having to pay benefits or salaries that direct employees would receive.

From Salon • Apr. 17, 2026

The National Park Service and an Australian company are at odds over an old Mojave Desert gold mine, where the company is seeking to extract rare earth minerals.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 15, 2026

Rudy Ternbach, 80, an alliance leader, wants the town to extract more money from Mount Holyoke College.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 13, 2026

It would be another ten minutes after that when he managed to extract the first toothpick from the first classroom door and the chemistry teacher could at last get to his desk.

From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng




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