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 internet has long been awash with fake quotations attributed to prominent personalities. Yair Rosenberg, The Atlantic, 15 Aug. 2025 Pirani conceded in court the materials contained legal citations to nonexistent cases and quotations of nonexistent passages, according to the judge's opinion and order. Arkansas Online, 29 July 2025 Glass’s Twenty Etudes, written in two books from the early 1990s through 2012, chart a similar trajectory, from the repetitive textures of his early music toward a language broadened in length and scope, involving quotation, musical code-switching, detailed harmony, and melodic invention. Luke Schulze, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 July 2025 Conventional quotations are often used to designate dialogue, but sometimes not. Oline H. Cogdill, Sun Sentinel, 16 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for quotation
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  • Getting quotes and comparing them is the best way to understand if this is your situation or not.
    Liz Knueven, CNBC, 1 Oct. 2025
  • The story included quotes from Djimi Traore.
    James Pearce, New York Times, 30 Sep. 2025

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“Quotation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/quotation. Accessed 3 Oct. 2025.

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