Excerpt (noun)

  1. A passage or segment taken from a longer work, such as a book, film, or musical composition.
  2. A passage taken from a text, speech, or other work.

Origin:

From latin excerptus, past participle of excerpere ("to pluck out, select"), from ex ("out") + carpere ("to pluck").

Examples:

  1. The book includes an excerpt from her diary.
  2. The article featured an excerpt from the novel.
  3. He read an excerpt from his new book at the event.
  4. The song is an excerpt from a larger work.
  5. She included an excerpt of her speech in the report.
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