excerpt
/ˈɛksɝpt/
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Definitions
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
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analecta
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citation
clipping
cut
cutting
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press cutting
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