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Meanings of extraneous matter in English

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Usage of extraneous matter in English
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But it was this extraneous matter that helped me to another link.
The Entire Project Gutenberg Works of Mark Twain
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Butter-fat is butter freed from water, curd and salt and extraneous matter.
The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia, Volume 1 of 28
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Dr. Wood, President of the Wesleyan Methodist Conference (I omit extraneous matter):-
The Story of My Life / Being Reminiscences of Sixty Years' Publi...
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My Chevalier rambles somewhat, although I have been at pains to cut out extraneous matter.
Crooked Trails
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The Byrd rule prohibits the Senate from considering extraneous matter as part of a reconciliation bill debate.
True compass: a memoir
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No extraneous matter must be subsequently introduced.
The Tyranny Of Words
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Unlike standard meats cut from discrete and largely sterile skeletal muscles, many organ meats carry extraneous matter.
On food and cooking: the science and lore of the kitchen
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The regulation of commerce gave of itself sufficient scope for argument, without mixing it with extraneous matter.
The Life of George Washington, Vol. 5 / Commander in Chief of th...
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I did it; and threw in a good deal of extraneous matter that hadn't anything to do with sugar.
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It was the extraneous matter, and not the sugar, that won him a wide audience on the Pacific Coast.
Mark Twain
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The goal of hygienic zoning is to prevent contamination with extraneous matter, chemical, microbiological and allergenic material during all stages.
Jamaica Observer
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Of course, the point is, how much of the rest is also extraneous matter? He re-read one of the sheets.
Sight Unseen
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When a subject is brought before them, it is canvassed to the exclusion of all extraneous matter, till some conclusion results.
A Portraiture of Quakerism, Volume 1 / Taken from a View of the ...
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There was no pain-onlya sense of numbness and a vague feeling of torn muscles, as if they were extraneous matter.
The Rangeland Avenger
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The incident of the miracle-worker is omitted by Matthew, and then comes the insertion of a mass of extraneous matter by Luke.
The Gospels in the Second Century / An Examination of the Critic...
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In transcribing Clara's record I shall make no reference to these pauses, which were frequent, and occasionally filled in with extraneous matter.
Sight Unseen
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