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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Consider using academic transcription to create a verifiable, searchable source that ensures quotations are correct, contexts are preserved and citations are clean.
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Beth Worthy, Forbes.com, 23 June 2025
Additionally, several quotations attributed to the cited judicial opinions were phony and did not accurately represent those materials.
—ArsTechnica, 14 May 2025
And this company took three months to give me the quotation for a simple BMX handlebar.
—Elizabeth Mendez, CBS News, 6 May 2025
And that quotation points us to this pearl from a writer who’s sold 350 million copies of his work.
—Chris John Amorosino, Hartford Courant, 26 Apr. 2025
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Beth Worthy, Forbes.com, 23 June 2025
Additionally, several quotations attributed to the cited judicial opinions were phony and did not accurately represent those materials.
—ArsTechnica, 14 May 2025
And this company took three months to give me the quotation for a simple BMX handlebar.
—Elizabeth Mendez, CBS News, 6 May 2025
And that quotation points us to this pearl from a writer who’s sold 350 million copies of his work.
—Chris John Amorosino, Hartford Courant, 26 Apr. 2025
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quote
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Find the quotes that capture raw emotion, then talk your offer through in simple language.—
Jodie Cook,
Forbes.com,
7 Aug. 2025
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On Tuesday, however, BTS moved to deny the claim, while Dunning’s quote has now disappeared from the online version of The Irish Sun on Sunday story.—
Jake Kanter,
Deadline,
5 Aug. 2025
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“Quotation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/quotation. Accessed 23 Aug. 2025.
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