as in ancestry
the line of ancestors from whom a person is descended
a family of Italian extraction
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Recent Examples of extraction
California insurers hold over $500 billion in fossil fuel investments, and providing insurance to fossil fuel infrastructure and extraction earns global companies more than $20 billion annually.
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Carmen Balber, Rolling Stone, 17 Jan. 2025
Proponents say the new monuments will protect a plethora of vulnerable wildlife and culturally significant sites while staving off development and resource extraction — including of clean energy.
—Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 15 Jan. 2025
One of the biggest Sony launches in 2025 (well, allegedly in 2025) is Bungie’s Marathon, a new spin on the extraction shooter genre which does not have any AAA entries at this scale.
—Paul Tassi, Forbes, 18 Jan. 2025
The damaged flight data recorder had been deemed unrecoverable for data extraction by South Korean authorities, who sent it to the United States for analysis at the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board laboratory.
—Paolo Confino, Fortune Asia, 11 Jan. 2025
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Carmen Balber, Rolling Stone, 17 Jan. 2025
Proponents say the new monuments will protect a plethora of vulnerable wildlife and culturally significant sites while staving off development and resource extraction — including of clean energy.
—Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 15 Jan. 2025
One of the biggest Sony launches in 2025 (well, allegedly in 2025) is Bungie’s Marathon, a new spin on the extraction shooter genre which does not have any AAA entries at this scale.
—Paul Tassi, Forbes, 18 Jan. 2025
The damaged flight data recorder had been deemed unrecoverable for data extraction by South Korean authorities, who sent it to the United States for analysis at the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board laboratory.
—Paolo Confino, Fortune Asia, 11 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for extraction
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According to the National Park Service, 40% of us trace our ancestry through Ellis Island, the East Coast immigration station that operated between 1892 and 1954.—
Nick Gillespie,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
3 Feb. 2025
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Eight decades ago, federal lawyers wrestled with this same dilemma as the government imprisoned more than 100,000 innocent Japanese Americans from the West Coast on account of their ancestry.—
Eric Muller,
The Mercury News,
26 Jan. 2025
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Born in 1946 to a father who worked in British intelligence and a dancer mother who traced her lineage to the Habsburg dynasty, Faithfull was also, on her mother’s side, the great-great niece of Leopold von Sacher-Masoch (whose 1870 novel Venus in Furs gave us the terms masochism and S&M).—
Corey Seymour,
Vogue,
31 Jan. 2025
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Nestled comfortably between heritage, lineage and modernity, the brand is rising to the occasion.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
Newsweek,
30 Jan. 2025
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Finally, Fauci’s role in this miasma remains unclear — in part because of his obfuscation and in part the nonfeasance of scientific journalists who for years haven’t aggressively pursued COVID-19’s origin story.—
Cory Franklin,
Chicago Tribune,
3 Feb. 2025
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While clubs still provide the main origin point for supporters of women’s football, a small but growing portion of new and younger fans are entering the game via individual players.—
Megan Feringa,
The Athletic,
3 Feb. 2025
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While the second stage did reach orbit, Blue Origin said the booster was lost during the descent.—
Eric Lagatta,
USA TODAY,
4 Feb. 2025
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An especially fine touch is the way the initial vocal descent is echoed by the piano, but with a B-flat raised to B-natural.—
Alex Ross,
The New Yorker,
3 Feb. 2025
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Officers found gear linked to dog fighting on Burrell’s property, including a live chicken that was used to tempt the dogs, a dog treadmill and a breeding stand.—
Christine Pelisek,
People.com,
3 Feb. 2025
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The breed was officially recognized by the American Kennel Club (AKC) in 2010, but the breed has come under fire after being at the center of stories involving irresponsible ownership, poor breeding practices and biting incidents.—
Jonathan Granoff,
Newsweek,
29 Jan. 2025
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The hearing regarded forensic investigative genetic genealogy (IGG) evidence that Kohberger's lawyers want thrown out.—
Michael Ruiz,
Fox News,
28 Jan. 2025
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That amounted to nothing more than a breach of private terms of service, prosecutors rebutted, even as the defense alleged constitutional rights violations over the advanced technique known as investigative genetic genealogy, or IGG, that first put Kohberger on police’s radar.—
Kevin Fixler,
Idaho Statesman,
24 Jan. 2025
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That is where an intercultural specialist can step in to not only work with students and teachers, but families as well.—
Graham P. Johnson,
Twin Cities,
7 Feb. 2025
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Teller was joined on stage by a neighbor of his, who shared his moving, personal story about how the Palisades Fire affected him and his family.—
Janelle Ash,
Fox News,
6 Feb. 2025
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But not every director of Tarantino's pedigree agrees with his diagnosis of the industry's ills or, at least, his sense of its severity.—
Ryan Coleman,
EW.com,
28 Jan. 2025
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Miller is just the pedigree that the Rangers have needed in their lineup, combining physicality and scoring touch.—
John Yoo and John Shu,
Newsweek,
24 Jan. 2025
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“Extraction.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/extraction. Accessed 11 Feb. 2025.
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