adduces

verb

present tense third-person singular of adduce
as in cites
to give as an example in support of a 12-month school year, the committee adduced data from other school districts

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  1. cites
  2. mentions
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  • Their letter cites, in part, a recent decision out of a Boston federal court that determined medically frail people should not be bound by the work requirement qualification rules.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 13 Nov. 2026
  • Everyone cites William Faulkner, even though nobody has definitively sourced it.
    — Claire Howorth, Vanity Fair, 13 Nov. 2026
Definition of cites
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  • Edison mentions an abusive boyfriend of Leonora’s, and there is one scene, set at a public park, where some of Arlo’s suppressed trauma flares violently into the open.
    — Justin Chang, New Yorker, 6 Nov. 2026
  • When Lee mentions Nathan Spence was meant to attend the program, Jed barely flinches, expressing sympathy for the boy’s confused and grieving mother.
    — Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 5 Nov. 2026
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“Adduces.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/adduces. Accessed 15 Nov. 2026.

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