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purple passage

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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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Others have created a multimodal version of it using text, images, quotations, citations, audio, video, or other media to show how the idea is inherited, transformed, contested, and reimagined.

— Saurabh Anand, JSTOR Daily, 24 Sep. 2026
The chilling quotation above comes from insect enthusiast Björn Hjaltason’s discovery of a mosquito last October on a farm just north of Reykjavík.

— Mark Sappenfield, Christian Science Monitor, 14 Sep. 2026

Definition of quotation

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There seemed to be no dimension of the project’s context that Judd was unwilling to take seriously.

— Julian Rose, Artforum, 1 Nov. 2026
At the National Museum of Funeral History, they’re given an opportunity to tell a much bigger story about the craftsmanship and cultural significance of objects that are often displayed with little context elsewhere.

— Jill Robbins, Southern Living, 31 Oct. 2026

Definition of context

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The cameras detect vehicles that break the law by passing the school buses when the stop sign and lights are flashing, capturing video evidence that is then reviewed by citation officers before a citation is issued.

— Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 2 Nov. 2026
In Portage, school resource officers now review the footage to see whether a citation is warranted.

— Doug Ross, Chicago Tribune, 1 Nov. 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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