quoted

verb

past tense of quote
1
as in cited
to give as an example I could quote to you a hundred instances in the past when you've lied to me

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2
as in mentioned
to make reference to or speak about briefly but specifically quoted Thomas Jefferson's views on liberty in her paper on the American Revolution

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3
as in echoed
to say after another don't quote this to anyone, but I think we're going to Veracruz for winter vacation

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Recent Examples of quoted Prices are typically quoted per troy ounce, which is slightly heavier than a standard ounce. — Usa Today, USA Today, 10 July 2026 Two patients who were quoted the same starting price can walk out having paid very different amounts. — Gretchen Wittenmyer-Stone, Miami Herald, 9 July 2026 The researchers quoted students’ attempts to parse the passage. — Rose Horowitch, The Atlantic, 8 July 2026 Discussing the state of Hollywood, Chase on Wednesday quoted Christopher McQuarrie, the writer of The Usual Suspects. — Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 8 July 2026 Volkswagen does have shares quoted on the stock market but its complicated control structure includes Porsche and Piech family shareholdings, the independent emirate of Qatar, the German state of Lower Saxony, and last but not least, unions. — Neil Winton, Forbes.com, 7 July 2026 At the Constitutional Convention, only the Bible was quoted more often. — Robert A. Ballingall, The Conversation, 2 July 2026 Christine Poblete-Lopez, MD, a dermatologist quoted in a Cleveland Clinic article, put it simply. — Lauren Jarvis-Gibson july 1, Charlotte Observer, 1 July 2026 And as every dietitian quoted above stressed, no chewable, no matter how well-formulated, beats a plate of actual produce. — Samantha Agate, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for quoted
  1. cited
  2. mentioned
  3. echoed
  4. specified
  5. repeated
  6. noted
  7. noticed
  8. indicated
Verb
  • The mentality that Tuchel cited repeatedly in that contentious interview in Miami after beating Norway was nearly enough to get the Three Lions to the final.
    — Kyle Feldscher, CNN Money, 16 July 2026
  • That account was echoed by another friend, and the Jackson County sheriff, John Ledbetter, has cited the same sort of statements.
    — Adam Carlson, PEOPLE, 16 July 2026
Definition of cited
Verb
  • Shifting to Secret Lives, Whitney recently mentioned on a podcast that the next season will be just five episodes.
    — Lexi Carson, HollywoodReporter, 11 July 2026
  • The president has issued threats of escalation, at least one agreement for a ceasefire, and has mentioned peace talks multiple times only to be followed by more strikes from both sides.
    — Ramon Padilla, USA Today, 11 July 2026
Definition of mentioned
Verb
  • Many caregivers echoed Duell’s inability to work outside the home due to the heavily involved nature of her son’s care.
    — O. Rose Broderick, STAT, 13 July 2026
  • The actors union echoed CAA’s concerns about what appears to be a case of Big Tech overreach.
    — Dominic Patten, Deadline, 10 July 2026
Definition of echoed
Verb
  • The order threatens violators with confiscation, destruction of their devices and punishment (which are not specified).
    — Fatima Faizi, NPR, 10 July 2026
  • All inputs and outputs should be specified using concrete scenarios understood by both technical and nontechnical stakeholders.
    — Boris Berat, Forbes.com, 8 July 2026
Definition of specified
Verb
  • The president also repeated threats to target civilian infrastructure and Kharg Island, a heavily fortified part of Iran that accounts for 90% of the country’s oil exports.
    — Antonio Pequeño IV, Forbes.com, 11 July 2026
  • The scammers repeated the same story with another fake credit, this time for $100,000.
    — Ari Maas, New York Daily News, 11 July 2026
Definition of repeated
Verb
  • Hull noted Robinson was wearing different clothes and walking with a limp not seen in the earlier footage.
    — Nicki Brown, CNN Money, 11 July 2026
  • After hearing from Californians, Hilton noted, CPUC had concluded that AT&T had not shown there were reliable replacements that could serve as a safety net for some communities.
    — Jenny Jarvie Follow, Los Angeles Times, 10 July 2026
Definition of noted
Verb
  • Inspectors also noticed that cold foods were being held at incorrect temperatures, according to the report.
    — Lillie Davidson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 15 July 2026
  • Role of atomic ordering In the studies, the researchers noticed that individual samples of nichrome were much more prone to corrosion than other alloys with the same chemical composition.
    — Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 14 July 2026
Definition of noticed
Verb
  • Some of the first reports indicated that Adebayo threw a punch at Herro’s head before the two were separated, but some league sources have indicated that initial portrayals of the fight were overblown.
    — Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 14 July 2026
  • Focusing on elections Trump indicated while speaking to reporters during a meeting with Iraqi Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi in the Oval Office on Tuesday that elections will be the primary focus of his address.
    — Chad de Guzman, Time, 14 July 2026
Definition of indicated

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