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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Unedited excerpts from the surveys, in which candidates lay out detailed goals and policy analysis, can be found at the links below.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 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
Here are edited excerpts from the conversation with Charles.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026
The Daily Mirror splashes on a "war of words" and "Earl's astonishing claims" after excerpts were released.
From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026
Then the orchestra played excerpts from Dvorak's New World Symphony and I kept hearing "Swing Low Sweet Chariot" resounding through its dominant theme—my mother's and grandfather's favorite spiritual.
From "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison
