How to Use make mention of in a Sentence

make mention of

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  • Trump didn’t make mention of commodities other than oil and gas during his speech.
    Jake Angelo, Fortune, 2 Apr. 2026
  • Only in cloudy passing does the Times make mention of Biden’s faults.
    Isaac Schorr, National Review, 7 Oct. 2020
  • Aides said Trump will also make mention of protests taking part in many American cities.
    Usa Today Staff, USA TODAY, 28 Aug. 2020
  • The McAuliffe ad does not make mention of the Pledge of Allegiance -- or at least not yet.
    Chris Cillizza, CNN, 14 Oct. 2021
  • Toluse Olorunnipa make mention of the fact that George Floyd wanted to change the world.
    Imbolo Mbue, The Atlantic, 16 May 2022
  • The team’s statement did not make mention of who in the organization did not follow the protocol.
    Daniel Oyefusi, baltimoresun.com, 5 Dec. 2020
  • The iTunes version features 26 tracks, and does not make mention of that particular cut.
    Jolie Lash, EW.com, 29 Aug. 2021
  • Ask about Seattle’s mission to be the last team standing in February, or make mention of Jaxon Smith-Njigba.
    Michael-Shawn Dugar, New York Times, 24 Dec. 2025
  • McKinsey & Company does make mention of a small improvement for 2021.
    Daisy Shaw-Ellis, Vogue, 28 Oct. 2020
  • Curiously, New Balance’s e-commerce site does not make mention of the model’s Aimé Leon Dore connection.
    Riley Jones, Footwear News, 11 Nov. 2025
  • The tradition is typically an excuse for Che to trick Jost into cold reading hilariously offensive jokes, some of which make mention of his famous wife.
    Shania Russell, EW.com, 11 July 2024
  • The ads don't make mention of AI or the data centers that drive the technology, and instead focus on the candidates' efforts to keep taxes low and improve education.
    James Osborne, Houston Chronicle, 21 Feb. 2026
  • Chappelle gave a broad smile, clapped and bowed to the crowd but did not speak, nor did the others make mention of the comic who has become divisive for his unapologetic inclusion of homophobic material in his standup routines.
    William Earl, Variety, 28 Jan. 2024
  • In cities like Dallas, officials are beginning to make mention of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine being used specifically for the homeless.
    NBC News, 6 Mar. 2021
  • Several posts make mention of Redfield’s and Bradley’s critiques, and David Dobbs carefully considered whether science journalists could have done a better job with the story.
    Ed Yong, Discover Magazine, 10 Dec. 2010
  • There is scarcely an entry in the diary of Sophia Tolstoy that does not make mention of her husband, from his pursuits (beekeeping, famine relief, sins of the flesh) to his anxieties (slow-moving bowels, deadlines, sins of the flesh again).
    Jennifer Wilson, The New York Review of Books, 22 Nov. 2022
  • Volkswagen’s chief executive, Herbert Diess, is expected to make mention of the end of the monitorship during the company’s shareholder meeting Wednesday.
    Mengqi Sun and Jack Hagel, WSJ, 30 Sep. 2020

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