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Discover LudwigThe phrase "are excerpted" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when indicating that certain parts of a text or document have been selected and quoted from a larger work.
Example: "The following passages are excerpted from the author's latest book, highlighting key themes and ideas."
Alternatives: "are taken from" or "are drawn from".
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are excerpted
noun
A clip, snippet, passage or extract from a larger work such as a news article, a film, a literary composition or other media
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Two responses are excerpted here.
Three findings are excerpted from our empirical results.
Their stories are excerpted from tape-recorded interviews….
Their responses, sent independently over email, are excerpted below.
Relevant installation instructions for Windows systems are excerpted below.
But many years have gone by when none of our books are excerpted.
Their stories are excerpted from tape-recorded interviews written in poetic format.
Some of them -- along with a few other standouts -- are excerpted below.
Bruce's quotes and photographs are excerpted from the Fall/Winter edition of the Alaska Quarterly Review.
Six of these interviews are excerpted throughout the issue; the first appears below.
Three of the nine short plays that made up "Tonight at 8 30" are excerpted here.
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