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extract

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






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That’s not to say that AI won’t improve, and it’s already helpful in terms of extracting relevant data from documents and importing it into tax forms.

From Barron's

The global demand for critical metals is rising quickly, prompting many countries to explore the possibility of extracting these valuable resources from the ocean floor.

From Science Daily

That kind of scale is crucial in shale drilling, because companies with large ownership blocks can use advanced techniques to extract even more oil from underground.

From Barron's

In scientific settings, these cavities are far smaller and use repeated passes of a laser beam to extract information from atoms.

From Science Daily

Rare earths -- 17 metals difficult to extract from the Earth's crust -- are used in everything from electric vehicles to hard drives, wind turbines and missiles.

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