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accolade, commendation, dithyramb, encomium, eulogium, eulogy, homage, hymn, paean, panegyric, salutation, tribute
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D’Amico failed to appear in court for the citation and was arrested in May 2018, the station reported. — Stephen Sorace, Fox News, "Founder of GoFundMe account for homeless man is arrested on traffic warrant: report," 12 Sep. 2018 The citations, which each carry a fine up to $5,000, are for obstructing the street, no permit for parking on path, vehicle on path, and no right of way permit. — Chris Sikich, Indianapolis Star, "Carmel tickets Duke Energy for closing street, and the fines could reach $20,000," 21 May 2018 For example, journals like Nature have very high impact factors thanks to a small number of very highly cited papers, but most papers published in Nature on average only received 10 to 20 citations. — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, "Complex networks study ranks the most influential films of all time," 3 Dec. 2018 Griffin received six misdemeanor citations for lacking permits, failing to microchip the snakes, not keeping records and other violations. — David Fleshler, Sun-Sentinel.com, "Reticulated pythons offered to undercover officer in restaurant parking lot," 11 June 2018 Rush could be heard cursing after being given the option of receiving a citation or being arrested. — Bruce Henderson, charlotteobserver, "Ex-Asheville cop won't face federal charges in violent arrest of black jaywalker," 29 June 2018 When the smoking ban was imposed in Jefferson Parish, for example, Ms. Schram refused to enforce it until the fire marshal finally wrote her a citation. — Todd A. Price, NOLA.com, "Johnnie Schram, founder of Crazy Johnnie's steak house, dies at 76," 10 May 2018 At Jackson South, even before the hospital received a citation from CMS, administrators were analyzing how the feeding tube mistake happened and how to prevent similar errors in the future. — Max Blau, STAT, "The next generation of doctors may be learning bad habits at teaching hospitals with many safety violations," 20 Apr. 2018 In past years, hundreds of arrests and citations have been issued during the event. — Rob Tornoe, Philly.com, "Who damaged Penn State's Nittany Lion statue?," 27 Feb. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'citation.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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Note: Citations are issued in minor criminal cases as an alternative to arrest. Often a person may consent in writing to the penalty specified on the citation and forgo an appearance in court.
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