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purple passage

noun

Definition of purple passage

as in quotation

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Recent Examples of purple passage Writers inevitably fall in love with their more purple passages. — Jd Barker, Rolling Stone, 21 Nov. 2024

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Noun

The evocative title is a quotation from the 13th century Persian poet Rumi.

— Julia M. Klein, Los Angeles Times, 3 Aug. 2026
Like Paul Schrader’s 1982 version of the latter, this is an upscale genre piece whose pretensions towards Art are upfront, starting with a quotation from no less than Schopenhauer.

— Dennis Harvey, Variety, 30 July 2026

Definition of quotation

Noun

For context, Luze is a small hotel chain and restaurant group from next-door Navarre, and Luze San Sebastián is the brand's first serious move into luxury hotels.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 4 Aug. 2026
For context, the median private SaaS company generates about $141,000 of revenue per employee, while the leading AI-native companies are running at twenty times that or more.

— Michael Wee, Forbes.com, 3 Aug. 2026

Definition of context

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Vehicles that violate the ordinance may receive citations or be towed at the owner’s expense.

— Anne Gelhaus, Mercury News, 2 Aug. 2026
On non-festival days, there were 11 traffic stops, 16 parking citations, six tows, three non-traffic citations, two arrests and four firearm seizures.

— Jessica Riley, CBS News, 1 Aug. 2026

Definition of citation

Noun

There was this fascinating sound bite after the season from Celtics president of basketball operations Brad Stevens, too.

— Sam Amick, New York Times, 3 June 2026
That recording is then used by broadcast voice actors to create a sound bite for the commencement.

— Kendall Staton The Washington Post, Arkansas Online, 25 May 2026

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