extraction
noun
ex·trac·tion
ik-ˈstrak-shən 
1
: the act or process of extracting something
3
: something extracted
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Examples of extraction in a Sentence
tooth extractions and other dental procedures
the extraction of teeth by dentists
the extraction of juices from plant matter
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From a chemical perspective, the extraction, synthesis, or compounding of those medications is not terribly technically difficult.
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Jorge Just, Vox, 4 Nov. 2024
These projects will work to retrofit and build commercial-scale American facilities whose respective production spans across different stages of the battery manufacturing process including recycling and extraction.
—Rhett Buttle, Forbes, 1 Nov. 2024
For safety purposes, the county restricted commercial and residential development above the roughly 9,000-acre injection zone, which is currently agricultural fields and fossil fuel extraction.
—Tony Briscoe, Los Angeles Times, 22 Oct. 2024
During the early years of the 20th century, when the island was rich in phosphate crucial to industrial agriculture, it was ruined by the extraction work of foreign companies.
—Randy Boyagoda, The Atlantic, 17 Oct. 2024
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Jorge Just, Vox, 4 Nov. 2024
These projects will work to retrofit and build commercial-scale American facilities whose respective production spans across different stages of the battery manufacturing process including recycling and extraction.
—Rhett Buttle, Forbes, 1 Nov. 2024
For safety purposes, the county restricted commercial and residential development above the roughly 9,000-acre injection zone, which is currently agricultural fields and fossil fuel extraction.
—Tony Briscoe, Los Angeles Times, 22 Oct. 2024
During the early years of the 20th century, when the island was rich in phosphate crucial to industrial agriculture, it was ruined by the extraction work of foreign companies.
—Randy Boyagoda, The Atlantic, 17 Oct. 2024
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extraction
noun
ex·trac·tion
ik-ˈstrak-shən
1
: the act or process of extracting
2
: the origin of a person
of Italian extraction
Medical Definition
extraction
noun
ex·trac·tion
ik-ˈstrak-shən
: the act or process of extracting something
extraction of a tooth
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