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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This book is filled with direct quotations, archival documents and resources that show people saying really awful and challenging things in their own words.
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Dana Taylor, USA Today, 27 Mar. 2025
The cast and creators of the show have some fun quotations for us via the press release as well.
—Erik Kain, Forbes, 21 Mar. 2025
Exploring the genre of inaugural addresses through quotations and objects from the past can help listeners better understand the opening speech of a new administration, the first act in a job that began with the taking of the oath.
—Claire Jerry, The Conversation, 14 Jan. 2025
Despite the patchwork libretto, Handel ingeniously parlayed Jennens’ quotations and paraphrases from the Old and New testaments into unexpected evocations of wonder and awe.
—Bob Blaisdell, The Christian Science Monitor, 20 Dec. 2024
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Dana Taylor, USA Today, 27 Mar. 2025
The cast and creators of the show have some fun quotations for us via the press release as well.
—Erik Kain, Forbes, 21 Mar. 2025
Exploring the genre of inaugural addresses through quotations and objects from the past can help listeners better understand the opening speech of a new administration, the first act in a job that began with the taking of the oath.
—Claire Jerry, The Conversation, 14 Jan. 2025
Despite the patchwork libretto, Handel ingeniously parlayed Jennens’ quotations and paraphrases from the Old and New testaments into unexpected evocations of wonder and awe.
—Bob Blaisdell, The Christian Science Monitor, 20 Dec. 2024
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“Quotation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/quotation. Accessed 21 Apr. 2025.
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