excerpt

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We are going to play 2 excerpts from the report that aired on ABC’s 20/20 on March 13th, 1998.

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Quick take

a passage selected from a larger work; "he presented excerpts from William James' philosophical writings"

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noun

a passage selected from a larger work; "he presented excerpts from William James' philosophical writings"

verb

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

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for excerpt.

noun

a passage selected from a larger work; "he presented excerpts from William James' philosophical writings"

See also: excerption, extract, selection

verb

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

Example sentences

We are going to play 2 excerpts from the report that aired on ABC’s 20/20 on March 13th, 1998.

The [Y] icon already tells me the tab points to Hacker News, so an excerpt of the title would help more than the site name.

FYI Two days ago there was a very extensive discussion on a Salon article which was an excerpt of this book:Why did you shoot me?

Below is an excerpt from a study published by microfinance analyst Daniel Rozas.

Here's a small excerpt:"The particular oscillations meant the spacecraft was bathed in plasma more than 40 times denser than what they had encountered in the outer layer of the heliosphere.

It is worse than you think, here is a small excerpt about Florida students: In Florida, students have been arrested for bringing a plastic butter knife to school, throwing an eraser, and drawing a picture of a gun.

Before claiming the victim was another Snowden/whistleblower, you might want to read this excerpt from the article:"The source indicated that Williams' work to disrupt the Russian mafia could have put him at risk".