Thesaurus results for EXCERPTS

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 Scribner’s ignored Hemingway and let Conrad use brief excerpts. — Stephen Bates, New Yorker, 22 Oct. 2026 Beyond this is a new film by Diop, title [Sans titres], which begins with excerpts from ethnographic films of African women, depicted as the other, and ending with shots that show empowered Black women. — Maximilíano Durón, ARTnews.com, 22 Oct. 2026 In 2018, Stephen Marks put together a commercial that highlighted excerpts from the sit-down while running against Salazar in the Republican primary for Florida’s 27th congressional district. — Sofia Saric, Miami Herald, 18 Oct. 2026 These are edited excerpts from the conversation, which includes spoilers. — Yvonne Villarreal, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2026 Justice’s involvement in GTA extends a run of previews that have already featured excerpts of its music, including the game’s earlier extended look. — Spin Staff, SPIN, 15 Oct. 2026 Former president Barack Obama expressed surprise at Democrats’ expanding midterm map at a private fundraiser Wednesday night, but warned donors not to get complacent about the party’s chances, according to excerpts provided to The Washington Post. — Liz Goodwin, Washington Post, 8 Oct. 2026 Featuring 20-minute excerpts, the presentations offer the buyers, festival representatives, and funders attending both IDFA Forum and Docs for Sale an early look at projects nearing completion. — Matthew Carey, Deadline, 8 Oct. 2026 An affidavit within the complaint includes excerpts of chat logs between Bryant and Van Rootselaar on the Discord website. — Max Saltman, CNN Money, 6 Oct. 2026

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Noun

Others have created a multimodal version of it using text, images, quotations, citations, audio, video, or other media to show how the idea is inherited, transformed, contested, and reimagined.

— Saurabh Anand, JSTOR Daily, 24 Sep. 2026
Executives already use it to process immense volumes of invoices, orders, contracts and supplier quotations in seconds.

— Andrew Zhyvolovych, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2026

Definition of quotations

Noun

Most of that evidence comes from studies of clove extracts or concentrated forms, not from a single clove steeped in a mug of coffee.

— Hanna Wickes, Kansas City Star, 21 Oct. 2026
When a product cites clove research, check whether the study used whole cloves at culinary doses or concentrated extracts.

— Hanna Wickes, Miami Herald, 21 Oct. 2026

Definition of extracts

Noun

Kardashian read the manuscript, objected to some passages and, according to Van Meter, ultimately accepted almost all of them.

— Maer Roshan, HollywoodReporter, 23 Oct. 2026
Favorite collections, shoots, campaigns, book passages, films, the names and faces of people I’d met in the right places.

— Amy O’Brien, Vogue, 20 Oct. 2026

Definition of passages

Noun

Around 2013, the channel picked up steam as the couple began posting reaction videos to viral social media clips.

— Andrea Flores, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2026
The clips of the event that surfaced show male dancers in cowboy hats dancing and stripping on stage, reports the Daily Mail.

— Sean Joseph OutKick, FOXNews.com, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of clips

Noun

In a Facebook post, police explained that officers can consider the circumstances when deciding whether warnings, citations or other enforcement are appropriate within the law and department policy.

— CBS News, CBS News, 20 Oct. 2026
The deputies found no warrants or weapons and did not issue citations for the minor violations, the suit states.

— Theresa Clift, Sacbee.com, 19 Oct. 2026

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