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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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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 This article quotes language that may be offensive to readers. — Leah Asmelash, CNN Money, 18 Sep. 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 On the other hand, Hardwick quotes the leader of another troupe, who argues that kuda kepang performances should not include Islamic prayers. — H.m.a. Leow, JSTOR Daily, 7 Aug. 2026

Noun

On the columns of train stations, stickers bore the smiling faces of soldiers in their twenties alongside motivational quotes and the dates of their births and deaths. — Jordi Graupera, New Yorker, 22 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 This time last season, there had already been seven head coaches fired in college football, and every single one of them led to reporters in some capacity trying to gather quotes from athletes who were affected by the news. — Trey Wallace Outkick, FOXNews.com, 22 Oct. 2026 Newbill said that the agency has seen an uptick in activity in flood insurance quotes on their website. — Brady Halbleib, CBS News, 22 Oct. 2026 Some of the best quotes from last week’s STAT Summit came from Roivant CEO Matt Gline, who mused on Dario Amodei’s idea that AI will cure all disease. — Brittany Trang, STAT, 21 Oct. 2026 These included quotes by Fanon, a philosopher who wrote extensively about the ways in which colonized people adopt the mindsets of their oppressors. — Carolina A. Miranda, Los Angeles Times, 20 Oct. 2026 Mike Babcock didn’t gift us with that many memorable quotes in his 4 1/2 years as head coach in Toronto, but this one remains hard to forget. — James Mirtle, New York Times, 15 Oct. 2026

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The foundation cites decades of research and learning showing that grantees with flexible, long-term funding were better prepared for the unexpected.

— Sydney Lake, Fortune, 23 Oct. 2026
The same report cites a shopper who ran a blind taste test of Aldi’s L’oven bagels against Thomas’ bagels and preferred the Aldi version.

— Ashley Lynch, Charlotte Observer, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of cites

Verb

The document specifically mentions AI tutors and assistance for students falling behind in the curriculum.

— Dmytro Korchevskyi, Fortune, 24 Oct. 2026
Curry mentions that some water utilities have even implemented mandatory bans on winter lawn watering and spray irrigation because of severe drought and low reservoir levels, including Denver Water—the largest water utility in Colorado.

— Gemma Johnstone, The Spruce, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of mentions

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

Today, his hair cropped shorter and greying, Ingalbee notes that many of those towering, old growth trees, their bark cloaked in moss, have burned in recent wildfires.

— Kirk Siegler, NPR, 26 Oct. 2026
The Exit Planning Institute notes a typical owner has around 80% of their net worth tied up in the business.

— Ron Smith, Forbes.com, 26 Oct. 2026

Definition of notes

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On a recent Monday morning in Santa Monica, beach volleyball phenom Sally Perez steps onto the sand and immediately notices that all the nets are hung to men’s standard height, not women’s.

— Katie Abel, Footwear News, 19 Oct. 2026
Her 7-year-old hears the conversations around her, sees the protests in her community and notices the visiting canal personnel.

— Hira Humayun, CNN Money, 18 Oct. 2026

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