extract
verb (used with object)
to get, pull, or draw out, usually with special effort, skill, or force.
have been extracting
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present perfect progressiveof extract.present perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.
Example Sentences
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But for the last 100 years, Chicagoland cities have been extracting way more water than has been naturally replenished.
From Salon ● Mar. 6, 2022
Since the 1960s, researchers have been extracting long cores of ice from Antarctica, Greenland and other snowy locales.
From New York Times ● Oct. 6, 2021
The 13-year-old boy and his brother Dawenson, 9, have been extracting and reselling wires and cables found in the wreckage since the quake struck on Aug. 14, killing over 2,000 people across Haiti.
From Reuters ● Aug. 24, 2021
"For many years they have been extracting serious wealth out of our country and much of this wealth has not come back to the people of Zimbabwe but has been externalised," he says.
From BBC ● Apr. 17, 2011
The staggering deals that Middle Eastern leaders have been extracting from Western oil companies may very well lead to significant redistribution of the world's monetary wealth.
From Time Magazine Archive
