extract
verb (used with object)
to get, pull, or draw out, usually with special effort, skill, or force.
have extracted
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present perfectof extract.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Initially largely targeting Chinese speakers -- from whom they have extracted billions, prompting rising public anger -- the scammers have expanded their operations into multiple languages to steal vast sums from victims around the world.
From Barron's ● Feb. 25, 2026
For example, it made up fake login usernames and passwords and claimed to have extracted secret information which was in fact publicly available.
From BBC ● Nov. 14, 2025
The supernova team, led by many Ph.D. students and postdoctoral fellows, will soon have extracted all they can from the DES observations.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 8, 2024
The years have extracted vitality from the large old field, but not the fight.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 4, 2023
Not content merely to have extracted from Nature the laws of planetary motion, Kepler endeavored to find some still more fundamental underlying cause, some influence of the Sun on the kinematics of worlds.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
