excerpt
noun
a passage or quotation taken or selected from a book, document, film, or the like; extract.
excerpts
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pluralof excerpt.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
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present tense formof excerpt (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
excerptnouna passage or quotation taken or selected from a book, document, film, or the like; extract.
Example Sentences
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Popular authors are often found lurking in the pages of newspapers—they publish excerpts of their books, write reviews and provide quotations.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026
These are edited excerpts from the conversation, which includes spoilers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026
AFP ran excerpts through other AI detection tools and came up with a variety of results -- from it being "very likely" to have been written by a human to "100 percent" AI generated.
From Barron's ● Sep. 30, 2026
Kevin Bryan, a University of Toronto professor who specializes in the economics of innovation and artificial intelligence, also ran excerpts through Pangram, noting that every selection he pulled came back as 100% AI.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026
Here are excerpts from three of Ruess’s letters: I have been thinking more and more that I shall always be a lone wanderer of the wilderness.
From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer
