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+import re
+
+def extract_numbers(input_string: str) -> list:
+    """
+    Extract all numbers from a given input string.
+
+    This function accepts a string as input and returns a list of found numbers.
+    It uses regular expressions to match and extract integers, decimals, and
+    negative numbers from the input string.
+
+    Args:
+        input_string (str): The string to extract numbers from.
+
+    Returns:
+        list: A list of extracted numbers.
+
+    """
+    pattern = r'-?\d+(\.\d+)?'
+    return re.findall(pattern, input_string)
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