extract
verb (used with object)
to get, pull, or draw out, usually with special effort, skill, or force.
are extracting
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present progressiveof extract.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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“It is happening in other countries. In Mali, people are extracting natural hydrogen from the ground for more than ten years to produce electricity for a local village.”
From BBC ● Aug. 8, 2024
If Earth is one giant organism that we live on, as some scientists speculate in the "Gaia hypothesis," it’s clear that we are extracting resources from that organism like a leech sucking blood.
From Salon ● Oct. 31, 2023
He said the bureau wants to know “what data they are extracting from transactions and whether they can use that data to preference their other business lines.”
From Washington Times ● Dec. 29, 2022
“They’re doing stuff like having ice cream flavors, T-shirts for sale and doing other things that are extracting from the actual liberation of Black people,” Johnson said.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 19, 2022
I ask, because even though these are my imaginary alien people, I have no idea what they are extracting.
From "Ask the Passengers" by A.S. King
