excerpts

noun

plural of excerpt
as in quotations
a part taken from a longer work he'll read an excerpt from the novel at the book signing

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Recent Examples of excerpts Lindsay Clancy described depression in diary, notes On the fifth day of the trial, excerpts from Lindsay Clancy's diary were read aloud. — Kerry Breen, CBS News, 27 Aug. 2026 The special will feature excerpts from a 2009 60 Minutes interview with Morley Safer, a 2023 CBS News Person-To-Person interview with Norah O’Donnell, as well as interviews with Dokoupil and Mason. — Ted Johnson, Deadline, 25 Aug. 2026 In her 70s, Castañeda testified before state legislators about her experience, excerpts of which appear in the exhibition. — Isa Farfan, Los Angeles Times, 24 Aug. 2026 Ceferin's comments were in excerpts from the podcast that were published Sunday in the British media. — ABC News, 23 Aug. 2026 The text consists of excerpts of a letter written by Pope Alexander II after William’s victory, and is currently housed in a Vatican collection. — Margherita Bassi, Popular Science, 20 Aug. 2026 Police in both jurisdictions denied records requests from ProPublica and The Post by citing an exemption under state privacy statutes, but the news organizations obtained excerpts from the police report in McAllen. — Molly Hensley-Clancy, ProPublica, 20 Aug. 2026 Interview excerpts, including those shared on People magazine’s social media, have Martha discussing her shopping habits, including her hunt for the perfect oxtails. — Philip Potempa, Chicago Tribune, 15 Aug. 2026 But a detective with the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department quietly began to build a case around it, and in 2023 excerpts from it convinced a grand jury to indict Davis on one count of murder, which Davis denies. — The Week Uk, TheWeek, 12 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for excerpts
  1. quotations
  2. extracts
  3. passages
  4. clips
  5. citations
Noun
  • Executives already use it to process immense volumes of invoices, orders, contracts and supplier quotations in seconds.
    — Andrew Zhyvolovych, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2026
  • The daily quotations from Urner Barry, a market reporting company, serve as a benchmark for the egg industry, shaping what retailers pay for eggs nationwide, according to the suit.
    — Mary Cunningham, CBS News, 30 June 2026
Definition of quotations
Noun
  • Redensyl pairs larch wood and green tea leaf extracts with amino acids to promote a healthy follicle environment.
    — Christa Joanna Lee, Allure, 28 Aug. 2026
  • The formula has since been reimagined with botanical extracts and a smooth cream-to-powder texture.
    — Conçetta Ciarlo, Vogue, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of extracts
Noun
  • Matisse takes every opportunity to disturb passages of chromatic balance.
    — Zachary Fine, New Yorker, 31 Aug. 2026
  • Essentially a form of computational fluid dynamics, the simulation divides the flow passages into a very large number of tiny regions and calculates things such as velocity, pressure, turbulence, and temperature throughout the component.
    — Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 29 Aug. 2026
Definition of passages
Noun
  • The music — a medley of the Netflix series’ score and soundtrack — will drive the storyline and energy of scenes, while also melding with the pattern of dialog in the clips, creating a natural flow to the show.
    — Abbey White, HollywoodReporter, 28 Aug. 2026
  • All in all, the stunt perfectly captures the current state of the attention economy, in which common sense is commonly traded for viral clips.
    — Joe Wilkins, Futurism, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of clips
Noun
  • The new legislation followed a Hearst investigation that found that 10 school systems in the state were employing armed security guards who falsified traffic citations, failed to report deadly pursuits or engaged in racial misconduct.
    — Livi Stanford, Hartford Courant, 25 Aug. 2026
  • Dispute over rescue In two of the citations, Cal-OSHA accused the company of endangering an employee by allowing one of them to go into the backcountry during the rescue operation against a recommendation of local law enforcement.
    — Tribune News Service, Mercury News, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of citations

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