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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

Baudrillard is playing a little textual prank on us, inserting the simulacrum of a quotation into a book about simulacra.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 15 July 2026
The Allen estate said Saturday in a statement that the team had been sold to the Khosla family and included a quotation from Khosla himself.

— Scott Soshnick, Sportico.com, 11 July 2026

Definition of quotation

Noun

In the context of tens of thousands of DPS students who aren’t making gains quickly enough to ever meet proficiency levels, such fanfare is essentially distracting braggadocio.

— Elaine Gantz Berman, Denver Post, 27 July 2026
Read in the context of the uprising that produced it, however, the decision illustrates how resource extraction, racialized labor and the expansion of federal power had become intertwined.

— Edward D. Melillo, Fortune, 27 July 2026

Definition of context

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The city of Miami dismissed five citations issued to owner-hosts without a code enforcement board hearing or fines after their online listings were briefly removed.

— Joan Chrissos, Miami Herald, 28 July 2026
Reddit's citation share grew at least 73% between October 2025 and January 2026, and Perplexity alone pulled nearly a quarter of its citations from Reddit in one month.

— Tobias Fischer, Forbes.com, 27 July 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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