Example Sentences

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Extracted teeth provided by dentists are good samples.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 18, 2022

Extracted from frosty craters, the ice could be used for manufacturing rocket propellant, fuel cells and radiation shielding—not to mention for producing potable water.

From Scientific American • Jul. 10, 2019

Extracted from raw data, the information is being turned into knowledge about people and things: what we do, what we want, and who we are.

From Salon • Nov. 4, 2018

Extracted by strip mining or creating subsurface mines, oil shale can be burned directly like coal or baked in the presence of hydrogen to extract liquid petroleum.

From Textbooks • Sep. 6, 2018

Extracted from the religious context, family life is a strange mixture of biological convenience and contractual obligations.

From The Civilization of Illiteracy by Nadin, Mihai