extractable

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“The big question for me is how to teach students to govern their own attention, judgment and thought in a society that increasingly treats them as extractable resources,” Senk said.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 2026

So, it has surpluses of lighter rare earths such as neodymium, but lacks extractable quantities of heavier elements like dysprosium and terbium, which are critical for many high-performance magnets.

From BBC • Jan. 15, 2026

Among the chemicals identified, decabromodiphenyl ethane, or DBDPE, appeared at the highest extractable levels.

From Science Daily • Dec. 18, 2025

While they might be chock full of extractable ice, it might be necessary to protect these features for the science they are likely to offer.

From Scientific American • May 23, 2023

For, it must be remembered that the amount of an indemnity extractable from a modern community, of the credit era, has very definite limits: an insolvent community can pay more.

From The Great Illusion A Study of the Relation of Military Power to National Advantage by Angell, Norman