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a part taken from a longer work
he'll read an excerpt from the novel at the book signing
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Recent Examples of excerpt
The rest of the excerpt featured discussions about the economy and immigration, with Llamas rather gently posing his questions to the president.
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Ted Johnson, Deadline, 8 Feb. 2026
Read excerpts from his interview below, which has been edited and condensed for clarity.
—Clayton Davis, Variety, 6 Feb. 2026
Read an excerpt from the biography here, and watch the full Nashville Now episode below.
—Joseph Hudak, Rolling Stone, 4 Feb. 2026
An excerpt from the original 1986 interview by Franz Lidz is below.
—Toria Sheffield, PEOPLE, 31 Jan. 2026
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Ted Johnson, Deadline, 8 Feb. 2026
Read excerpts from his interview below, which has been edited and condensed for clarity.
—Clayton Davis, Variety, 6 Feb. 2026
Read an excerpt from the biography here, and watch the full Nashville Now episode below.
—Joseph Hudak, Rolling Stone, 4 Feb. 2026
An excerpt from the original 1986 interview by Franz Lidz is below.
—Toria Sheffield, PEOPLE, 31 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for excerpt
Noun
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That’s one of the le Carré quotations, which is literal and metaphorical.—
Max Gao,
HollywoodReporter,
3 Feb. 2026
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Your interest in being able to toss an Alexander Pope quotation or an offhand fact about the history of saffron into a conversation is true.—
Talia Argondezzi,
New Yorker,
3 Feb. 2026
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What’s known about beetroot and spirulina extract The petition that raised beetroot red for the FDA’s consideration was submitted in November 2023 by Phytolon, a natural colors manufacturer based in Israel.—
Kristen Rogers,
CNN Money,
5 Feb. 2026
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Certain chaga teas will have just the chaga extract, while others will contain the black crust — which contains a high concentration of melanin — from the exterior of the fungus.—
BestReviews,
Mercury News,
5 Feb. 2026
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Italy’s specialist mountain rescue organization revealed the fatal disasters were caused by weak layers of fresh snow, unstable enough that the passage of a single person could trigger an avalanche.—
Bonny Chu,
FOXNews.com,
11 Feb. 2026
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Johnson has expressed confidence in the legislation's passage in the House.—
Kaia Hubbard,
CBS News,
11 Feb. 2026
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Any type of realism was [limited to] very short clips, everything was very slow, bad textures, no skin textures, lacking detail.—
Arjun Kharpal,
CNBC,
14 Feb. 2026
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Both extended clips start with the full '90s-riddled video before unfolding into different behind-the-scenes cuts that reveal how the concept was born and how meticulously it was executed.—
Bryan West,
USA Today,
13 Feb. 2026
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The Baltimore Department of Housing has issued 224 citations for walks that have not been shoveled from Monday through Thursday of this week.—
Mike Hellgren,
CBS News,
7 Feb. 2026
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Code enforcement has issued $6,350 citations to the Taxins, as well as Puff Puff Pazz, LLC and Elliot.—
Devan Patel,
Mercury News,
6 Feb. 2026
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Davidson’s chat with Kelly has no structure, no segments, and no particular gimmick; and while none of that is required of a podcast, some sense of organization can help shape an otherwise-unformed snippet of conversation.—
David Sims,
The Atlantic,
7 Feb. 2026
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The Hoenikker character, who abandons his car in a traffic jam one day and walks the rest of the way to work, and well, here's a snippet from the audio version of Cat's Cradle, told from the point of view of one of Hoenikker’s/Langmuir’s children.—
Natalia Sánchez Loayza,
Scientific American,
5 Feb. 2026
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