quoting

present participle of quote
1
2
3
as in echoing
to say after another don't quote this to anyone, but I think we're going to Veracruz for winter vacation

Synonyms & Similar Words

Example Sentences

Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to show current usage. Read More Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
Recent Examples of quoting The drag queen, Alyssa Edwards, responded on social media, thanking Talarico and quoting the Bible. — Mateo Rosiles, USA Today, 17 Sep. 2026 Lee placed the partnership in the context of a broader argument about local content and global reach, quoting Martin Scorsese. — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 8 Sep. 2026 The Administration’s legal filings had already pivoted from quoting historical accounts of White House modernization to arguing that the President’s life was at stake. — Antonia Hitchens, New Yorker, 4 Sep. 2026 Many are still missing, according to the report, quoting a network of volunteers. — Dyepkazah Shibayan, Los Angeles Times, 4 Sep. 2026 Meanwhile, the share of CMs that are currently quoting reshoring projects doubled year over year from 16 percent to 32 percent. — Kate Nishimura, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2026 Roberts spent much of his six-page dissent emphasizing the historic nature of the White House complex, quoting former British Prime Minister Winston Churchill at the end of his opinion. — Jack Birle, The Washington Examiner, 31 Aug. 2026 Sources tell the Journal that Apple is quoting a nine-figure budget for this program, but the deals might not include AI training rights. — Jibin Joseph, PC Magazine, 13 Aug. 2026 Sales adds quoting tools, Finance installs billing systems and RevOps layers on dashboards. — Ashish Srimal, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for quoting
Verb
  • Officials from both sides have expressed skepticism about AI regulation in recent days, with Trump citing the need to stay ahead of China in AI development as a reason for avoiding guardrails.
    — Ashley Gold, semafor.com, 18 Sep. 2026
  • Netflix shares fell nearly 5 percent on Friday after Wells Fargo downgraded its stock and price target, citing concerns over user engagement.
    — Alex Weprin, HollywoodReporter, 18 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • He's become a fan of some of the city's top restaurants, mentioning Cosme, Milos, Mercado Little Spain and Casa Ora, renowned for its Venezuelan cuisine.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 17 Sep. 2026
  • Massie also accused Hegseth of ignoring laws to minimize civilian casualties in Iran, specifically mentioning the bombing of a girls' school in Iran shortly after the war began.
    — Caroline Linton, CBS News, 15 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • There is no noise of a breaking string echoing in the distance — the stage direction that pushed Chekhov’s final dramatic landscape toward Beckettian absurdism before Beckett was born.
    — Sara Holdren, Vulture, 18 Sep. 2026
  • Scrunching buttered phyllo sheets instead of layering them flat creates dramatic height and shatteringly crisp texture, echoing spanakopita while remaining unfussy.
    — Alana Al-Hatlani, Southern Living, 17 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • All 50 states are invited to submit a single response, specifying their contributions such as land, infrastructure, funding, and more.
    — Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 11 Sep. 2026
  • Developers may move further from a system’s underlying code toward writing prompts, specifying outcomes and reviewing what AI fills in.
    — Atul Sabharwal, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Toshpulodzoda is a snapshot of a situation that keeps repeating itself under Descano, a Washington Examiner review of cases found.
    — Hudson Crozier, The Washington Examiner, 21 Sep. 2026
  • Most pressure-sensitive adhesives are based on polymers, long chains of repeating molecular units that become entangled with one another.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 21 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Lawrence bristled at that charge, noting that he's been protesting data centers since last fall when a wave of new projects was proposed across the district and the state.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 19 Sep. 2026
  • The state public health department urged Californians to make sure they are vaccinated against measles — noting the disease is spreading in other parts of the country and the world.
    — Iris Kwok, Los Angeles Times, 19 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Duru first started noticing hair loss and soreness in her scalp around 2016.
    — Elizabeth Gulino, Allure, 23 Sep. 2026
  • This could look like pointing out a character’s different skin tone in a board book, or noticing aloud why a toy aisle is divided by color.
    — Anahi Collado, The Conversation, 22 Sep. 2026

Browse Nearby Words

Cite this Entry

“Quoting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/quoting. Accessed 24 Sep. 2026.

Love words? Need even more definitions?

Subscribe to America's largest dictionary and get thousands more definitions and advanced search—ad free!

More from Merriam-Webster