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 Ahead of Swan Song hitting bookshelves on September 22, multiple outlets published explosive excerpts from the book. — Allison Degrushe, StyleCaster, 2 Oct. 2026 At a press conference, school board member Frank Martin read excerpts from the novel out loud, focusing on a passage where one of Vonnegut’s characters, Kilgore Trout, reimagines the story of Christ’s crucifixion. — Susan Farrell, The Conversation, 2 Oct. 2026 Unedited excerpts from the surveys, in which candidates lay out detailed goals and policy analysis, can be found at the links below. — Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2026 Many of Swan Song’s excerpts released ahead of its September 22 publication have been about his former brother-in-law the king. — Rachel Burchfield, InStyle, 21 Sep. 2026 The latest Piker rhetorical bomb El-Sayed had to dodge was the streamer’s assertion in an interview with Axios, excerpts of which were posted Thursday, that the United States is more of a fomenter of terrorism than al-Qaeda. — The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 18 Sep. 2026 Other excerpts from Swan Song have been released ahead of the book’s publication next week. — Meredith Kile, PEOPLE, 18 Sep. 2026 Britain’s Daily Mail newspaper is publishing excerpts in advance, while an interview with Spencer is due to air on CBS on Sunday. — Adela Suliman, NBC news, 18 Sep. 2026 Reworking film excerpts through experimental moving images and live electronic sets, the event will bring image and sound together against the historic backdrop of Pingyao, while looking ahead to the festival’s next decade. — Liz Shackleton, Deadline, 17 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for excerpts
  1. quotations
  2. extracts
  3. passages
  4. clips
  5. citations
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
  • That resulting compound is typically up to 1% to 2% of the total content of natural leaf kratom products and some kratom extracts.
    — Kristen Rogers, CNN Money, 3 Oct. 2026
  • The vendor platform on the other side becomes, from the layer’s point of view, replaceable—a set of inbound and outbound extracts rather than a system with its own hooks into your business rules.
    — Sanchet Pachpute, Forbes.com, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of extracts
Noun
  • Performing instrumental passages, the singer often lowers his head so much that his forehead nearly touches the piano keys.
    — Frank Scheck, HollywoodReporter, 2 Oct. 2026
  • Embroidered passages from Princess Sirivannavari’s poetry used personal memories of journeys and travel to the garments.
    — Fairchild Studio, Footwear News, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of passages
Noun
  • Sarkisian briefly removed Simmons from the game, and video clips of the moment were viral by halftime.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 30 Sep. 2026
  • Kimmel opened his segment with the politician by sharing a series of clips of pundits warning about how Mamdani would bring the city to destruction.
    — Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 29 Sep. 2026
Definition of clips
Noun
  • Sacramento police reported no major security issues at Aftershock, with only a few misdemeanor reports, two citations or arrests and one DUI arrest over the weekend.
    — Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 6 Oct. 2026
  • Those numbers include 759 false identification cards confiscated, 378 alcohol-possession-by-a-minor violations and 98 fake-ID citations during the calendar-year reporting period, according to Oxford Police.
    — Kelsie Cairns, FOXNews.com, 6 Oct. 2026
Definition of citations

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