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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 district attorney’s office outlined its decision not to file any charges against Magee in a report released Friday, accompanied by excerpts of police body-camera footage of the shooting.
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Robert Salonga, The Mercury News, 15 Feb. 2025
Read David Aldridge’s introduction and all of the excerpts here.
—Eric Nehm, The Athletic, 14 Feb. 2025
Fox News on Monday released an excerpt of an interview with Trump.
—James MacKenzie, Emily Rose, USA TODAY, 11 Feb. 2025
The reporting in the book, according to excerpts released in the media, details the extent of the Iranian threat against Trump during the 2024 campaign.
—Justin Gest, Newsweek, 10 Feb. 2025
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Robert Salonga, The Mercury News, 15 Feb. 2025
Read David Aldridge’s introduction and all of the excerpts here.
—Eric Nehm, The Athletic, 14 Feb. 2025
Fox News on Monday released an excerpt of an interview with Trump.
—James MacKenzie, Emily Rose, USA TODAY, 11 Feb. 2025
The reporting in the book, according to excerpts released in the media, details the extent of the Iranian threat against Trump during the 2024 campaign.
—Justin Gest, Newsweek, 10 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for excerpt
Noun
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Exploring the genre of inaugural addresses through quotations and objects from the past can help listeners better understand the opening speech of a new administration, the first act in a job that began with the taking of the oath.—
Claire Jerry,
The Conversation,
14 Jan. 2025
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Despite the patchwork libretto, Handel ingeniously parlayed Jennens’ quotations and paraphrases from the Old and New testaments into unexpected evocations of wonder and awe.—
Bob Blaisdell,
The Christian Science Monitor,
20 Dec. 2024
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Key Ingredients: Retinol, pumpkin extract, Centella asiatica, turmeric extract, ginseng Size: 1.12 oz.—
Deanna Pai,
Vogue,
6 Mar. 2025
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This pick also contains natural ingredients like mushroom and avocado extracts to help soothe and calm skin.—
Alanna Martine Kilkeary,
Glamour,
3 Mar. 2025
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Now, seven years after that shooting and the bill’s passage, Gov. Ron DeSantis wants to repeal one of its key tenets: the red flag law.—
Romy Ellenbogen,
Miami Herald,
7 Mar. 2025
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Although there’s still plenty of reason to believe that the pandemic did, in fact, begin with the natural passage of the virus from an animal host, the most important details about the pandemic’s origin remain unknown.—
Daniel Engber,
The Atlantic,
7 Mar. 2025
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In one of the clips, the hairstylist can be heard telling Chrystelle that she’s never turned a client away in her 14 years in the industry.—
Latoya Gayle,
People.com,
8 Mar. 2025
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The new clip ditches Marvel’s traditional sweeping orchestrations and big action setpieces in favor of slick techno music and title cards highlighting that many of the film’s stars, creatives and artisans have previously worked on A24 films.—
Angelique Jackson,
Variety,
8 Mar. 2025
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Every citation must be confirmed against primary sources.—
Lars Daniel,
Forbes,
26 Feb. 2025
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Then, in 2008, Boshoff encountered a scholarly citation about a Portuguese ship that sank en route from Mozambique to Brazil, carrying two hundred Africans to their deaths.—
Julian Lucas,
The New Yorker,
24 Feb. 2025
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Only she’s continued teasing it ever since, putting up billboards over the past few weeks featuring a hotline phone number that played snippets of the song.—
Steven J. Horowitz,
Variety,
4 Mar. 2025
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Last Friday, another short video was shared on his Instagram, this one featuring a snippet of his own diss.—
Jon Blistein,
Rolling Stone,
3 Mar. 2025
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