as in pulling
to draw out by force or with effort
extracted a splinter from my hand
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Recent Examples of extracting
Instead of including a real image, the email linked to malware capable of extracting data from recipients’ devices, according to Genians.
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Nino Paoli, Fortune, 14 Sep. 2025
But while Newsom and Rivas were largely aligned on tempering the state’s ambitious climate goals amid the reality of rising costs, McGuire and his staff were wary of handing wins to polluting industries without extracting victories for environmental and social justice causes.
—Calmatters, Oc Register, 11 Sep. 2025
The company already operates in the country, extracting about 45,000 barrels per day from the Banga Kayo onshore field.
—Alexander Onukwue, semafor.com, 10 Sep. 2025
Reviewing commercial agreements involves extracting legal clauses, assessing risk, comparing versions and drafting summaries (a task far too nuanced and layered for a single prompt or monolithic LLM call).
—Gopikrishnan Anilkumar, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
So Cali reached over, extracting it, before downing the rest.
—Bryan Washington, New Yorker, 7 Sep. 2025
The last time Congress faced a deadline to extend government funding, Senate Democrats flinched, giving Republicans the votes needed to avert a government shutdown without extracting any concessions.
—Nik Popli, Time, 4 Sep. 2025
The decision by Suffolk County Supreme Court Judge Timothy Mazzei is an important win for prosecutors and a blow for the defense team that challenged the validity of this type of technology that specializes in extracting nuclear DNA from damaged or hard-to-get samples, such as rootless hair.
—Mark Morales, CNN Money, 3 Sep. 2025
Long wall mining is known for its productivity and efficiency, extracting more coal and reducing the need for manual labor, increasing safety.
—Jasmine Laws, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Sep. 2025
Nino Paoli, Fortune, 14 Sep. 2025
But while Newsom and Rivas were largely aligned on tempering the state’s ambitious climate goals amid the reality of rising costs, McGuire and his staff were wary of handing wins to polluting industries without extracting victories for environmental and social justice causes.
—Calmatters, Oc Register, 11 Sep. 2025
The company already operates in the country, extracting about 45,000 barrels per day from the Banga Kayo onshore field.
—Alexander Onukwue, semafor.com, 10 Sep. 2025
Reviewing commercial agreements involves extracting legal clauses, assessing risk, comparing versions and drafting summaries (a task far too nuanced and layered for a single prompt or monolithic LLM call).
—Gopikrishnan Anilkumar, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
So Cali reached over, extracting it, before downing the rest.
—Bryan Washington, New Yorker, 7 Sep. 2025
The last time Congress faced a deadline to extend government funding, Senate Democrats flinched, giving Republicans the votes needed to avert a government shutdown without extracting any concessions.
—Nik Popli, Time, 4 Sep. 2025
The decision by Suffolk County Supreme Court Judge Timothy Mazzei is an important win for prosecutors and a blow for the defense team that challenged the validity of this type of technology that specializes in extracting nuclear DNA from damaged or hard-to-get samples, such as rootless hair.
—Mark Morales, CNN Money, 3 Sep. 2025
Long wall mining is known for its productivity and efficiency, extracting more coal and reducing the need for manual labor, increasing safety.
—Jasmine Laws, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for extracting
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All major indexes dipped slightly Tuesday, with tech shares such as Nvidia and Microsoft pulling back.—
Yeo Boon Ping,
CNBC,
17 Sep. 2025
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Good Times Oakland is pulling from a deep well of retail bottles, and has a bar for the public to sip and sup.—
John Metcalfe,
Mercury News,
16 Sep. 2025
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This is about creating a childhood away from prying eyes, giving his children the space and support to enjoy being children without a care in the world.—
Stephanie Nolasco,
FOXNews.com,
3 Sep. 2025
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But such players tend to make these adjustments in the course of many weeks, on private practice courts in Delray or Monaco or Abu Dhabi, far from TV cameras and prying journalists.—
Louisa Thomas,
New Yorker,
31 Aug. 2025
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Within seconds, officers in full riot gear surged forward in formation, yanking open the doors and pulling the passenger to safety.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
7 Sep. 2025
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But some lawmakers say that argument is baseless and that yanking the grants has left the state less equipped to prevent tragedies like this week’s attack at Annunciation Catholic School.—
Curt Devine,
CNN Money,
30 Aug. 2025
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When not plucking away at a keyboard, Madison teaches yoga and mountain bikes with her two Australian shepherds, Cholla and Poppy, through Missoula's Rattlesnake Wilderness.—
Madison Dapcevich,
Outside,
29 Aug. 2025
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It’s haltingly played, like a child plucking out the notes, to emphasize John’s deep connection to his daughter.—
David Ehrlich,
IndieWire,
20 Aug. 2025
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“Extracting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/extracting. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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