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






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The contracts involve building subsea infrastructure that will help extract, treat and send gas to Egypt via underwater pipelines, according to the people.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026

There are a number of ways the chancellor could extract more money from the sector.

From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2026

Under the right conditions, a small star can steadily extract matter from a nearby brown dwarf without immediately destroying it.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 10, 2026

Revenue is inadequate to Paris’s spending urges, despite or rather because of high tax rates that extract 51% of French GDP each year.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026

“Who’s to say they don’t mean to extract the ymbrynes’ souls, too?” said Enoch.

From "Hollow City" by Ransom Riggs

According to book extracts published by Haaretz, UAE President Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan had a phone call with Netanyahu that September.

From BBC ● Sep. 10, 2026

The company is most known for its camera network, which extracts data about cars from photographs and allows operators to search for vehicles by description or license plate number.

From Salon ● Aug. 17, 2026

About 70% of Happy Hippo’s sales come from plain-leaf powder and capsules, with the remainder from concentrated liquid extracts, gummies and flavor-infused taffy.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026

In tests involving oral samples from patients, extracts from the gum sharply reduced one virus and two types of bacteria linked to the disease.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 4, 2026

He reaches into his apron pocket, extracts a white handkerchief, and mops his glistening forehead.

From "The Boy Who Dared" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti

According to research for the UK Parliament, external, about four fifths of the oil and gas from British-controlled parts of the North Sea had been extracted by 2024.

From BBC ● Oct. 21, 2026

Those roots contain fragrant compounds that can be extracted to make essential oils.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 6, 2026

He has also successfully extracted multimillion-dollar settlements from CBS and ABC after suing the networks over news content he believed treated him unfairly.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026

But on Monday the credits finally began to roll as California Attorney General Rob Bonta extracted a bounty in return for letting Paramount Skydance acquire the Hollywood studio.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 21, 2026

The huge femoral bones that Darwin had extracted from the soil belonged to a vast, elephant-size llama; its smaller current version was unique to South America.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee

The frontal cortex, meanwhile, is more involved in extracting broader meaning, recognizing patterns, and understanding the central message of an experience, sometimes called its "gist."

From Science Daily ● Oct. 20, 2026

Other companies are extracting insights from large amounts of data for algorithmic-pricing strategies.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 8, 2026

He, too, said he abstains from getting involved due to the damage illegal mining does to the land, especially as a result of the chemicals used for extracting gold.

From Barron's ● Sep. 30, 2026

Two oil companies – Britain's Rockhopper Exploration and Israel's Navitas Petroleum – are due to begin extracting from the oilfield within two years.

From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2026

One therefore has to make simplifying assumptions and approximations—and even then, the problem of extracting predictions remains a formidable one.

From "A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays" by Stephen Hawking


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