as in pulled
to draw out by force or with effort
extracted a splinter from my hand
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Recent Examples of extracted
Historically, concrete production depended heavily on natural sand and gravel extracted from riverbeds, a practice that led to severe environmental degradation in some regions.
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Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 8 Nov. 2025
Pumpkin Seeds Pumpkin seeds, or pepitas, are edible seeds extracted from pumpkins.
—Jillian Kubala, Health, 7 Nov. 2025
In the 2022-23 season, the rainfall topped off Marin reservoirs and extracted the county from a significant drought.
—Adrian Rodriguez, Mercury News, 7 Nov. 2025
If water could be extracted, humans could use it for drinking, breathing and as a source of hydrogen and oxygen for rocket fuel.
—Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 4 Nov. 2025
The melatonin in supplements can be extracted from the pineal glands of animals or synthetically produced via a chemical process.
—Kristen Rogers, CNN Money, 4 Nov. 2025
Mesopotamians extracted diorite from Oman, lapis lazuli from Afghanistan, and carnelian and agate from the Indus Valley and other parts of South Asia.
—Serdar Yalçin, The Conversation, 3 Nov. 2025
Both seem to be responding to a culture in which women’s caregiving is extracted until nothing is left.
—Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 30 Oct. 2025
Once the fuel is extracted, Mazda thinks the leftovers can be used in food products or fertilizers.
—ArsTechnica, 29 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for extracted
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Chicago pulled within 21-16 on D'Andre Swift's 5-yard run early in the fourth quarter.—
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The slightly oversized cut offers comfort for long travel days, while looking pulled-together.—
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Firefighters pried part of the home open with an axe to douse the inside with water, the video shows.—
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The manager of a rental car company who reported the vehicle stolen believed the lockbox containing the keys had been pried open, and said two other vehicles were stolen from the same garage.—
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Officer Alex Millan then yanked open the passenger door of the suspects’ car; at the same time, the car drove forward over the curb.—
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Furious too that anyone could think the defender had deliberately yanked the striker’s hair.—
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An all-star cast plucked from different corners of the pop culture firmament leads Ryan Murphy's All's Fair, a Hulu legal drama about female divorce attorneys who open their own practice.—
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Such is life in Marthaland, where homemaking tasks are plucked from the realm of everyday drudgery and elevated to a pure pursuit of excellence.—
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“Extracted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/extracted. Accessed 12 Jan. 2026.
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