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verb

present tense third-person singular of quote

as in cites

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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as in mentions

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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as in echoes

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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quotes

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noun

plural of quote

as in quotations

a passage referred to, repeated, or offered as an example he got a book of quotes from his favorite author for his birthday

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Recent Examples of quotes

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Nothing quotes 20Hz to 10kHz for the bass driver, 5kHz to 15kHz for the precision driver, and 10kHz to 40kHz for the xMEMS. — Christian De Looper, PC Magazine, 2 Nov. 2026 The report quotes a civilian woman living in Dnipro, Ukraine’s fourth largest city, who describes the impact the Russian attacks had on her. — Ivana Kottasová, CNN Money, 26 Oct. 2026 Ledgebrook gave him a bot that quotes live against its systems at prices about 25% higher than the company would normally charge. — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 7 Oct. 2026 Each clinic quotes differently, communicates differently, and plans recovery differently, and the patient does the reconciling, usually in a second language and sometimes on their own. — Miami Herald, 5 Oct. 2026 To better understand Lizzie and Emma’s experience, as well as that of other middle-class women at the time, Robertson quotes contemporary journalist Julian Ralph. — Britt Hayes, Entertainment Weekly, 18 Sep. 2026 That includes employee testimonials, culture videos, team stories, employee quotes on career pages, and behind-the-scenes workplace content. — Abigail Moncoeur, Hartford Courant, 15 Sep. 2026 Ahead of Monday’s game, Mahomes released a video that quotes Theodore Roosevelt, who was the 26th president of the United States and is on Mount Rushmore. — Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 14 Sep. 2026 When the National Review advocates impeaching a Republican president and favorably quotes Democratic senators Elizabeth Warren and Adam Schiff, that’s news. — Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 12 Aug. 2026

Noun

This, on the heels of decoding the trends—both what to where and how, clocking the art influences, and highlighting trenchant quotes from the reviews. — Laird Borrelli-Persson, Vogue, 4 Nov. 2026 The marketplace contains standard fare like Google Calendar, weather, and stock quotes, alongside more niche offerings like rotating factoids about the Ferengi Rules of Acquisition in Star Trek. — ArsTechnica, 2 Nov. 2026 The market includes dozens of insurers, multiple types of coverage and significant differences in everything from underwriting requirements to quotes to policy flexibility. — Matt Richardson, CBS News, 2 Nov. 2026 Becerra's campaign launched a website that lists quotes of Hilton expressing support for the president and his policies. — ABC News, 2 Nov. 2026 Price quoting is the most mature part of the new forwarding system, with agents already delivering more than 80,000 quotes for more than 3,600 customers. — Glenn Taylor, Footwear News, 28 Oct. 2026 Printed, cut out, and taped low along a gallery baseboard, these quotes are hard to read without crouching. — Emily Watlington, ARTnews.com, 25 Oct. 2026 This is Catching Strays, the Daily News’ regular Knicks rundown for the quotes, stats and storylines that didn’t make a headline. — Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 22 Oct. 2026 Alongside a bronze statue of the baseball great are some of his profound quotes chosen in consultation with his widow, Rachel Robinson, and his daughter, Sharon. — Michael Gioia, Architectural Digest, 22 Oct. 2026

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Gareth Skewis, who co-founded the company with Lev Tanju, cites this as one of the core reasons the international, multi-million-pound business has been able to expand and maintain its credibility in subcultures across the globe.

— Joe Bobowicz, Vogue, 5 Nov. 2026
Wärtsilä’s study cites an International Energy Agency estimate that recovered data center heat could meet around 10% of European space-heating demand, potentially creating €180 billion in net economic value over 20 years.

— Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 5 Nov. 2026

Definition of cites

Verb

Edison mentions an abusive boyfriend of Leonora’s, and there is one scene, set at a public park, where some of Arlo’s suppressed trauma flares violently into the open.

— Justin Chang, New Yorker, 6 Nov. 2026
When Lee mentions Nathan Spence was meant to attend the program, Jed barely flinches, expressing sympathy for the boy’s confused and grieving mother.

— Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 5 Nov. 2026

Definition of mentions

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The pattern repeats in healthcare, parks and botanical collections, where sensory planting doubles as therapy and education.

— Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Charlotte Observer, 29 Oct. 2026
The flame simulation never repeats and is unique to each candle since it’s being generated on the fly at all times.

— Andrew Liszewski, The Verge, 29 Oct. 2026

Definition of repeats

Noun

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
Executives already use it to process immense volumes of invoices, orders, contracts and supplier quotations in seconds.

— Andrew Zhyvolovych, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2026

Definition of quotations

Verb

My husband, a bookseller, often notes that most books are bad, and this may be doubly true for children’s books, whose brevity leads foolhardy would-be authors to underestimate the difficulty of their task.

— Molly Fischer, New Yorker, 2 Nov. 2026
The easy chemistry translates into the competition itself, where Levine notes that the four coaches are all fiercely competitive, but without the kind of animosity that can sometimes come with fighting over artists.

— Alicia Urrea, Billboard, 2 Nov. 2026

Definition of notes

Verb

Explain what would help instead of hoping someone notices your frustration.

— Tarot.com, Hartford Courant, 10 Nov. 2026
D’Angelo, for example, described a system that notices a former smoker turning 50, confirms insurance has approved lung cancer screening, and offers nearby appointments, all without having a human pour through the records in the first place.

— Catherina Gioino, Fortune, 10 Nov. 2026

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