as in quote
a passage referred to, repeated, or offered as an example
the beautiful autumn day brought to mind this quotation from Thoreau: "So live in each season as it passes; breathe the air, drink the drink, taste the fruit, and resign yourself to the influences of each"
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Recent Examples of quotation
Some of the messages in his work are explicit, writ large in huge quotations drawn from the writings of Richard Rohr, Dorothy Day, St. Therese and others.
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Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 11 Jan. 2025
Dane’s thoughts in quotations: Penn State edge Abdul Carter.
—Jacob Robinson, The Athletic, 9 Jan. 2025
Dates and quotations were unreachable, every fact revised.
—Daisy Hildyard, The New Yorker, 15 Dec. 2024
Images and objects are human embodiments of divine attributes while words are said to be direct quotations of God.
—Jonathon Keats, Forbes, 29 Oct. 2024
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Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 11 Jan. 2025
Dane’s thoughts in quotations: Penn State edge Abdul Carter.
—Jacob Robinson, The Athletic, 9 Jan. 2025
Dates and quotations were unreachable, every fact revised.
—Daisy Hildyard, The New Yorker, 15 Dec. 2024
Images and objects are human embodiments of divine attributes while words are said to be direct quotations of God.
—Jonathon Keats, Forbes, 29 Oct. 2024
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“Quotation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/quotation. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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