excerpt

A short extract from a book, film, piece of music, or other work; to take a passage from a larger work.

• (no common derivatives)

• an excerpt from
• read an excerpt
• publish an excerpt
• excerpt a passage
• brief excerpt

1. 1.The newspaper published an excerpt from the former president's upcoming memoir. (extract)
2. 2.Here's an excerpt from her speech that captures the core argument. (selected passage)

• extract/ˈɛkstrækt/— a passage taken from a larger work — very close
• passage/ˈpæsɪdʒ/— a section of text
• snippet/ˈsnɪpɪt/— a small piece — more informal

from Latin "excerptum" (something picked out) — ex- (out) + carpere (to pluck, to gather)