extraction

Example Sentences

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Their health should be at the forefront as the public and private sectors plan future water changes, extraction projects and other development near the Salton Sea.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026

Pararescue teams deployed extensively throughout the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, conducting thousands of missions to rescue US and allied troops that were wounded or required extraction.

From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026

About 30% of the world’s helium supply is sourced from Qatar, produced as a byproduct of local natural gas extraction.

From Salon • Mar. 30, 2026

The extraction of the material would likely need to be conducted by an elite special operations team specially trained to remove radioactive material from a conflict zone.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 29, 2026

Papa told her about this strange neighborhood: how its families had been Americans for more than a hundred years back; how they were mostly Scotch, English and Welsh extraction.

From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith