EXTRACTED Synonyms: 24 Similar and Opposite Words

extracted

verb

past tense of extract

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 Their opportunity came during the cross-examination of Elizabeth Riddell, an FBI case manager who had extracted messages and other data from the cellphones of defendants in the case. — Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 14 Oct. 2026 Both the driver and semi were taken to the Newton-Azrak Station in Murrieta, where hazardous response specialists extracted the liquid contents from the tank, which tested positive for meth, the release said. — Dean Fioresi, CBS News, 13 Oct. 2026 The Bátan River used to flow through Santa María Acuexcomac but had dried up because of decades of water being extracted and redirected to the expanding state capital, Puebla de Zaragoza. — Valeria Luongo, Washington Post, 11 Oct. 2026 Fox News Digital extracted the names from the logos and built a database of the coalition. — Asra Q. Nomani, FOXNews.com, 10 Oct. 2026 Gallium from gold waste Gold mine tailings are fine, sand-like waste materials which are usually left behind after gold and other valuable minerals are extracted from ore. — Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 9 Oct. 2026 Allegations quickly emerged that DeepSeek had trained R1 in part on responses extracted from OpenAI’s models. — Peter Hall, Scientific American, 7 Oct. 2026 And with coconut oil, Nicolai says that all nutrients get left behind when it is extracted. — Veronica Cristino, Vogue, 5 Oct. 2026 Then the knowledge transfers on its own, instead of being extracted from someone on their last afternoon in exchange for a gift. — Vikas Arora, Forbes.com, 5 Oct. 2026

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Shohei Ohtani emerged from the visiting dugout at American Family Field with a bat in his hand, and the mass of media members scattered in foul territory up the third-base line shifted his way, pulled by the magnetic force that is Ohtani’s stardom.

— Maddie Lee, Los Angeles Times, 14 Oct. 2026
On Wednesday, the Congressional Leadership Fund, the House Republicans' super PAC, effectively dropped its push to boost Tijerina and pulled millions of dollars in ads from the district, a person familiar with the decision confirmed.

— Justin Papp, CNBC, 14 Oct. 2026

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Ignoring that rule could get flood insurance coverage yanked for an entire community.

— Alex Harris, Miami Herald, 16 Oct. 2026
Wi-Fi is not free on those services; T-Mobile used to comp at least an hour of connectivity for subscribers, but quietly yanked that benefit in April.

— Rob Pegoraro, PC Magazine, 15 Oct. 2026

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