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
The quotation also appeared in a memo sent by the White House to Republican allies, the Daily Wire reported.
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Stephen Engelberg, ProPublica, 24 Feb. 2025
The author also varies the texture of the book by inserting poems, quotations, dramatic dialogue, a veiled account of her unhappy days at boarding school, and a lengthy digression on the German mystic Friederike Hauffe, who claimed to be clairvoyant and to communicate with spirits.
—James Marcus, New Yorker, 2 June 2025
This crackling movie begins with what some might take for a bit of misdirection: a quotation from a poem by Arseny Tarkovsky, the father of the great filmmaker Andrei.
—Glenn Kenny, New York Times, 29 May 2025
Maybe that will be my own famous quotation some day.
—Chris John Amorosino, Hartford Courant, 26 Apr. 2025
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Stephen Engelberg, ProPublica, 24 Feb. 2025
The author also varies the texture of the book by inserting poems, quotations, dramatic dialogue, a veiled account of her unhappy days at boarding school, and a lengthy digression on the German mystic Friederike Hauffe, who claimed to be clairvoyant and to communicate with spirits.
—James Marcus, New Yorker, 2 June 2025
This crackling movie begins with what some might take for a bit of misdirection: a quotation from a poem by Arseny Tarkovsky, the father of the great filmmaker Andrei.
—Glenn Kenny, New York Times, 29 May 2025
Maybe that will be my own famous quotation some day.
—Chris John Amorosino, Hartford Courant, 26 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for quotation
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Earlier this year Harvard created its own task force to investigate antisemitism on campus, and many examples and quotes from that report were cited in the federal OCR review.—
Elissa Nadworny,
NPR,
30 June 2025
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To celebrate Pride month, McClane has revived a project combining portraits and quotes from LGBTQ+ individuals to express their stories.—
Kaitlin McCallum,
Hartford Courant,
29 June 2025
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“Quotation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/quotation. Accessed 14 Jul. 2025.
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