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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The author also varies the texture of the book by inserting poems, quotations, dramatic dialogue, a veiled account of her unhappy days at boarding school, and a lengthy digression on the German mystic Friederike Hauffe, who claimed to be clairvoyant and to communicate with spirits.
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James Marcus, New Yorker, 2 June 2025
This crackling movie begins with what some might take for a bit of misdirection: a quotation from a poem by Arseny Tarkovsky, the father of the great filmmaker Andrei.
—Glenn Kenny, New York Times, 29 May 2025
Maybe that will be my own famous quotation some day.
—Chris John Amorosino, Hartford Courant, 26 Apr. 2025
The book is a fun pile of quotations from Post employees and other voices on the paper’s past half century.
—Vinson Cunningham, New Yorker, 5 May 2025
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James Marcus, New Yorker, 2 June 2025
This crackling movie begins with what some might take for a bit of misdirection: a quotation from a poem by Arseny Tarkovsky, the father of the great filmmaker Andrei.
—Glenn Kenny, New York Times, 29 May 2025
Maybe that will be my own famous quotation some day.
—Chris John Amorosino, Hartford Courant, 26 Apr. 2025
The book is a fun pile of quotations from Post employees and other voices on the paper’s past half century.
—Vinson Cunningham, New Yorker, 5 May 2025
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quote
Noun
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The Sun Sentinel published several quotes from President Trump regarding him sending the National Guard to Los Angeles against street protesters.—
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
22 June 2025
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Johnson recited the quote, an old Muhammad Ali line about rising after a fall, word by word.—
Tony East,
Forbes.com,
21 June 2025
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“Quotation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/quotation. Accessed 30 Jun. 2025.
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