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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Other companies are extracting insights from large amounts of data for algorithmic-pricing strategies.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 8, 2026
“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
“The lithium we are extracting will go into electric vehicles, and the whole point of them is to have a lower impact on the environment.”
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 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
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
