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as in to cite
to give as an example
I could quote to you a hundred instances in the past when you've lied to me
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as in to mention
to make reference to or speak about briefly but specifically
quoted Thomas Jefferson's views on liberty in her paper on the American Revolution
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Recent Examples of quote
Nora Gámez Torres,
Miami Herald,
18 June 2026
The line gets quoted as if war and politics were the same thing.
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Güney Yıldız,
Forbes.com,
18 June 2026
Joe Toscano,
Forbes.com,
18 June 2026
Huff Post rounded up some of Fey's best parenting quotes.
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Lauren Brown West-Rosenthal,
Parents,
18 June 2026
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Verb
In a media report on the Wednesday meeting published in Granma, the Communist Party’s newspaper, there was little sign of resistance, with members of the Central Committee quoted in support of the reforms.
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Nora Gámez Torres,
Miami Herald,
18 June 2026
The line gets quoted as if war and politics were the same thing.
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Güney Yıldız,
Forbes.com,
18 June 2026
Noun
The service quotes, handles objections, books the visit, and chases the estimates that never closed.
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Joe Toscano,
Forbes.com,
18 June 2026
Huff Post rounded up some of Fey's best parenting quotes.
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Lauren Brown West-Rosenthal,
Parents,
18 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for quote
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Other reviewers have cited the high quality of the material, as well as its ideal fit.
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Cepeda has challenged the results, citing irregularities at thousands of polling stations.
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King’s attorney, Bill Mason, began his presentation by referencing Bosworth’s mentioning a defendant can’t be judged for not testifying in their own defense.
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Daeron has not yet appeared in House of the Dragon but is mentioned in the second season’s sixth episode when Alicent asks her brother Gwayne (Freddie Fox) how Daeron is doing in Oldtown.
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Trump kicked off the Great American State Fair celebration Wednesday, June 24, with a speech that echoed several of his most familiar refrains, from lowering gas prices and criticizing former President Joe Biden to touting his border policies.
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The Taiwanese security official echoed that sentiment.
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Students occupied the building and hung banners with mocking quotations from Horkheimer.
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Lowbrow sources such as Sunday funnies, B movies, and advertisements are present but are more diffuse, rarely coalescing into obvious quotation.
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The signs appeared to reference questions about what the king knew about his brother’s dealings with Epstein.
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Cross-functional teams need a common understanding of how the business operates, so that people, agents and decisions all reference the same operational reality.
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Newsom aides blame late paperwork amid emergency response, noting the donations were disclosed before regulators inquired.
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Data collected in January also revealed several hundred adult king penguins across Heard Island have died, with scientists noting mortality was above normal levels.
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Already on Friday, some Labour MPs were repeating their calls for Starmer to step down even though Burnham himself shied away from explicitly referencing his leadership ambitions.
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Consistency is the accumulation of decisions, habits, and behaviors repeated over a long duration of time.
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Sensors alone are not a cure for such failures, but better measurements can help engineers notice when important details are changing.
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Pryor also noticed that Black students were frequently more hesitant to participate in these conversations.
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“Quote.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/quote. Accessed 25 Jun. 2026.
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