extraneous
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These highly automated sites run 24/7 and can’t afford even tiny traces of extraneous gases or chemicals to contaminate their precision production, says Liu.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 17, 2026
The soundtrack captures the subtle smack of lips moving and the flutter of expressive hands moving through air, as well as extraneous sound like the hum of a jet passing overhead.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 4, 2025
“I saw myself as this extraneous body that was a bit threatening,” Tres told Salon in a phone interview.
From Salon • May 26, 2025
"He was just quietly sitting there, taking script pages out, cutting them up, removing extraneous stuff like scene descriptions, and then sticking them back onto blank pages," he said.
From BBC • Mar. 1, 2025
I have an inward treasure born with me, which can keep me alive if all extraneous delights should be withheld, or offered only at a price I cannot afford to give.’
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
Vocabulary lists containing extraneous
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Grade 11, List 5
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