Excerpt
/ˈɛksərpt/
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Definition
(noun) A clip, snippet, passage or extract from a larger work such as a news article, a film, or a literary composition.
Sentence Examples
The students have to analyze an excerpt from the book.
I was planning to include an excerpt from The Chronicles of Narnia.
CEFR Practice Quiz
The newspaper published a short ____ from the author's upcoming novel in its Sunday edition.