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as in commendations
a formal expression of praise
the citation for the Nobel Prize winner noted his major contributions to quantum theory
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as in awards
a formal recognition of an achievement or praiseworthy deed
a police officer who has received several citations for his work with troubled youths in the city
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as in quotations
a passage referred to, repeated, or offered as an example
in your paper be sure to include citations to back up any points you make about the play
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Recent Examples of citations
Lengthy documents on their websites take on the various questionable health assertions and myths point by point with citations for studies and research to back them up.
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Jan Ellen Spiegel, Hartford Courant, 24 Dec. 2024
As part of the settlement agreement, OSHA dismissed nine of the citations and Amazon accepted one, Amazon spokesperson Maureen Lynch Vogel said.
—Julia Shapero, The Hill, 20 Dec. 2024
Last year, New York City officials revised a law that let private citizens act as sonic bounty hunters, issuing noise citations to venues and keeping up to 50 percent of the fee; one Queens man had cashed in by issuing more than 500 complaints, costing venues more than $600,000.
—Katie Thornton, Rolling Stone, 20 Dec. 2024
Last year, a driver with more than $12,000 in citations killed three people in Rock Creek Park.
—Anna Spiegel, Axios, 18 Dec. 2024
Meanwhile, a series of recent statements by Pope Francis has provided a case study in the way Catholic values and scriptural citations can grate on Jewish ears.
—Ben Sales, Sun Sentinel, 18 Dec. 2024
In the case involving Erica and Zach Mallory, fines previously tied to citations have been set aside under the settlement, which also addressed town enforcement practices.
—Jim Riccioli, Journal Sentinel, 16 Dec. 2024
Those citations came after a dispute with a neighbor and concerns about their on-site operations.
—Jim Riccioli, Journal Sentinel, 16 Dec. 2024
Officers conducted thousands fewer stops and issued thousands fewer citations — police wrote 9,699 citations in the four months before the change and 5,660 in the four months after, the data shows.
—Shelly Bradbury, The Denver Post, 8 Dec. 2024
Jan Ellen Spiegel, Hartford Courant, 24 Dec. 2024
As part of the settlement agreement, OSHA dismissed nine of the citations and Amazon accepted one, Amazon spokesperson Maureen Lynch Vogel said.
—Julia Shapero, The Hill, 20 Dec. 2024
Last year, New York City officials revised a law that let private citizens act as sonic bounty hunters, issuing noise citations to venues and keeping up to 50 percent of the fee; one Queens man had cashed in by issuing more than 500 complaints, costing venues more than $600,000.
—Katie Thornton, Rolling Stone, 20 Dec. 2024
Last year, a driver with more than $12,000 in citations killed three people in Rock Creek Park.
—Anna Spiegel, Axios, 18 Dec. 2024
Meanwhile, a series of recent statements by Pope Francis has provided a case study in the way Catholic values and scriptural citations can grate on Jewish ears.
—Ben Sales, Sun Sentinel, 18 Dec. 2024
In the case involving Erica and Zach Mallory, fines previously tied to citations have been set aside under the settlement, which also addressed town enforcement practices.
—Jim Riccioli, Journal Sentinel, 16 Dec. 2024
Those citations came after a dispute with a neighbor and concerns about their on-site operations.
—Jim Riccioli, Journal Sentinel, 16 Dec. 2024
Officers conducted thousands fewer stops and issued thousands fewer citations — police wrote 9,699 citations in the four months before the change and 5,660 in the four months after, the data shows.
—Shelly Bradbury, The Denver Post, 8 Dec. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for citations
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Dates and quotations were unreachable, every fact revised.Daisy Hildyard, The New Yorker, 15 Dec. 2024
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The notable quotations list, compiled each year by Fred Shapiro, an associate director at the Yale Law Library, is a supplement to The New Yale Book of Quotations, which is edited by Shapiro and published by Yale University Press.Dave Collins, Hartford Courant, 3 Dec. 2024
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Money Sharma | Afp | Getty Images Former Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s passing on Tuesday at the age of 92 triggered an outpouring of condolence messages and tributes from political leaders from both sides of the aisle and industry titans.Yeo Boon Ping, CNBC, 27 Dec. 2024
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Image Some of those now clamoring to see the tributes had failed to get tickets to the real Oasis, Boswell said, along with others who never could have afforded that tour’s prices.Alex Marshall, New York Times, 27 Dec. 2024
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Land acknowledgements — the recognition that Indigenous people were the original inhabitants of American land — have become more common among academics, nonprofits, companies, celebrities and even in social media bios.Kate Murphy, Axios, 16 Oct. 2024
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With this in mind, several local institutions around Seattle have drafted land acknowledgements recognizing that words alone are inadequate.Melissa Santos, Axios, 11 Oct. 2024
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“Citations.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/citations. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.
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