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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"But some survive as copies or excerpts. Two excerpts from this particular letter survive in collections of papal rescripts."
From Science Daily ● Aug. 11, 2026
"Miraculously, just a few days shy of my 12th birthday, I spoke," he writes in the book, excerpts of which were published by The New York Times.
From Barron's ● Aug. 11, 2026
Then again, we don’t have the full context of the excerpts, so it’s hard to know for sure what we’re looking at.
From Slate ● Jul. 29, 2026
During the sentencing at Southwark Crown Court, Judge Gregory Perrins considered 37 victim impact statements, excerpts of which were read by the prosecution.
From BBC ● Jul. 18, 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
