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excerpt

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verb
take out of a literary work in order to cite or copy
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extract take out

type of:
take pick out select choose
noun
a passage selected from a larger work
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"he presented excerpts from William James' philosophical writings"

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excerption extract selection

type of:
passage

Examples of excerpt

"he presented excerpts from William James' philosophical writings"