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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The company aims to auto-generate quotations for its catalog of products and create design tools for each of its products.
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Kimberly Chin, Axios, 2 Oct. 2024
Like plenty of catchy quotations, this seems unfair, but with half a point rattling around inside.
—Jackson Arn, The New Yorker, 16 Sep. 2024
This article contains a quotation that includes an anti-LGBTQ+ slur.
Boston Red Sox player Jarren Duran was suspended for two games without pay on Monday after shouting a homophobic slur at a fan.
—Abby Monteil, Them, 13 Aug. 2024
Residents don sweatshirts over T-shirts, conjuring up the apocryphal Mark Twain quotation about the coldest winter of the author’s life being a summer in San Francisco.
—Lisa M. Krieger, The Mercury News, 31 July 2024
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Kimberly Chin, Axios, 2 Oct. 2024
Like plenty of catchy quotations, this seems unfair, but with half a point rattling around inside.
—Jackson Arn, The New Yorker, 16 Sep. 2024
This article contains a quotation that includes an anti-LGBTQ+ slur.
Boston Red Sox player Jarren Duran was suspended for two games without pay on Monday after shouting a homophobic slur at a fan.
—Abby Monteil, Them, 13 Aug. 2024
Residents don sweatshirts over T-shirts, conjuring up the apocryphal Mark Twain quotation about the coldest winter of the author’s life being a summer in San Francisco.
—Lisa M. Krieger, The Mercury News, 31 July 2024
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“Quotation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/quotation. Accessed 7 Nov. 2024.
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