extracted

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Fresh water was continuously extracted while salts were directed toward the passive regions, where they could later be collected without reducing performance.

From Science Daily • May 31, 2026

To start, each box contains sunflower lecithin, which is extracted from sunflower oil, a seed oil.

From Salon • May 23, 2026

The gem was first extracted from a rough stone weighing 11.70 carats, Christie's said.

From Barron's • May 13, 2026

He said declines in the concentration of copper extracted from rock and supply bottlenecks in the Persian Gulf also have been “colliding head on” with record levels of demand fueled by AI expansion.

From MarketWatch • May 12, 2026

Three late afternoons a week I spent in a dentist’s chair, where, within a period of a few months, I had eight teeth extracted, three of them front ones.

From "Nine Stories" by J. D. Salinger