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ex⋅cerp⋅ta

[ik-surp-tuh]
–plural noun
short selections or pieces of writing, esp. summary statements or parts of a longer work.

Origin:
1630–40; < L, n. use of neut. pl. ptp. of excerpere. See excerpt
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