Example Sentences

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The piñas must get to a pressure cooker within 24 hours, where the sugars can be extracted.

From BBC • Jun. 11, 2026

Fresh water was continuously extracted while salts were directed toward the passive regions, where they could later be collected without reducing performance.

From Science Daily • May 31, 2026

To start, each box contains sunflower lecithin, which is extracted from sunflower oil, a seed oil.

From Salon • May 23, 2026

The gem was first extracted from a rough stone weighing 11.70 carats, Christie's said.

From Barron's • May 13, 2026

He riffled through and extracted a group of clipped pages.

From "X: A Novel" by Ilyasah Shabazz