Sample Sentences for
cite
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cite as in:  cited from the President's speech

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    She cited the EPA report to make her point.
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    Sources are cited in the endnotes.
    cited = listed
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    The devil can cite Scripture for his purpose.  (source)
    cite = quote
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    I also cited an old report we had studied about the standardized testing in the public schools.  (source)
    cited = mentioned (to make a point)
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    Before long I could recognize the masters' paintings, name the works themselves, cite the artists' names and their styles.  (source)
    cite = list
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    Halliday referred to this show several times in Anorak's Almanac, citing it as one of his childhood favorites.  (source)
    citing = mentioning
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    Cites Muscular Control†  (source)
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    The cardinal and the citations are now our artwork.†  (source)
    standard suffix: The suffix "-tions", converts a verb into a plural noun that denotes results of the verb. Typically, there is a slight change in the ending of the root verb, as in actions, illustrations, and observations.
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    The citation goes on to say that the best time to dig wild potatoes "is in the spring as soon as the ground thaws…."  (source)
    citation = words quoted (in this case, from a book)
    standard suffix: The suffix "-tion", converts a verb into a noun that denotes the action or result of the verb. Typically, there is a slight change in the ending of the root verb, as in action, education, and observation.
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    But as would be officially cited, the cause of Adam's crushed tibial plateau was a slip on the stadium stairs while bearing the full weight of his kit and body armor.  (source)
    cited = listed
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    The Official sees the twist of my lips and launches into a list of examples, of ways I've broken with the Society's rules in the past two months—and she doesn't even know the worst of them—but she doesn't cite a single example from all the years before.  (source)
    cite = list
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    The media was not interested in the story, citing "innocence fatigue."  (source)
    citing = mentioning
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    Barbara opens her Bible to a verse Long cites in Kings.†  (source)
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cite as in:  cited for valor

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She was cited for valor in Iraq.
cited = officially praised
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    She was cited for her outstanding achievements at the school.
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    The citation reads, For heroic achievement…. in combat operations against the enemy as an assault team member, [Adam Brown] displayed great battlefield courage while conducting multiple direct action missions against enemy leadership targets.  (source)
    citation = public commendation (statement of praise)
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    If I was head of the class on Graduation Day and made a speech and won the Ne Plus Ultra Scholastic Achievement Citation, then we would both have come out on top, we would be even, that was all.  (source)
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    Owen had been especially moving when he'd read the award citation for the Silver Star medal to the next of kin.  (source)
    citation = public commendation (statement of praise)
    standard suffix: The suffix "-tion", converts a verb into a noun that denotes the action or result of the verb. Typically, there is a slight change in the ending of the root verb, as in action, education, and observation.
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    Mr. Poole was in the Pacific, you know, purple heart and various other citations.  (source)
    citations = public commendations (statements of praise)
    standard suffix: The suffix "-tions", converts a verb into a plural noun that denotes results of the verb. Typically, there is a slight change in the ending of the root verb, as in actions, illustrations, and observations.
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    According to the citation: "With complete disregard for his own safety, Private Pausch leaped from a covered position and commenced treating the wounded men while shells continued to fall in the immediate vicinity."  (source)
    citation = written commendation (statement of praise)
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    Everywhere, there were mementos—playbills from opera houses and concert halls; newspaper clippings of people singing; and framed citations and medals hung on ribbons, suggesting golden-throat awards of an almost athletic order of recognition.  (source)
    citations = public commendations (statements of praise)
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    I expected gratitude and a citation of honor.  (source)
    citation = public commendation (written praise)
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    He had never understood those people, especially after they awarded him a citation for doing minimal work for them in affairs they should have been able to cope with themselves.  (source)
    citation = public commendation (written statement of praise)
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    As a senior lieutenant in the Navy medical corps he had performed brave and extraordinary feats of surgical skill while undergoing kamikaze attacks aboard a doomed flattop off the Philippines; the exploit won him the Navy Cross—a citation not too often achieved by a medical officer...  (source)
    citation = public commendation (statement of praise)
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    ...he brought home with him a citation for valor in Lee's own hand...  (source)
    citation = written commendation (statement of praise)
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    I read his citation over and over and was so proud of him and his life-saving actions on Iwo Jima.  (source)
    citation = public commendation (statement of praise)
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    This is an order I just signed lifting the contempt citation.†  (source)
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cite as in:  cited for speeding

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She was cited for speeding.
cited = charged (with breaking the law)
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    Should you fail to appear at a probation meeting, you may be cited to appear before a Judge to explain your absence.
    cited = charged with breaking the law
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    They'll cite me for losing it.  (source)
    cite = charge (with breaking the law)
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    Of course, thinks Connor, it could backfire on them, and the cops could cite them for jaywalking.  (source)
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    A traffic hovercraft dipped low, blasted out the standard order to proceed or be cited.  (source)
    cited = charged with violating the law
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    The health department will give us a citation.  (source)
    citation = an official charge (of having broken the law)
    standard suffix: The suffix "-tion", converts a verb into a noun that denotes the action or result of the verb. Typically, there is a slight change in the ending of the root verb, as in action, education, and observation.
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    There are minor citations issued from time to time, like when Bram is late.  (source)
    citations = official charges (of having broken rules)
    standard suffix: The suffix "-tions", converts a verb into a plural noun that denotes results of the verb. Typically, there is a slight change in the ending of the root verb, as in actions, illustrations, and observations.
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    Once more, sir, and you will be cited for contempt.  (source)
    cited = charged (with breaking the law)
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    No. Bram already has too many citations from the care center.  (source)
    citations = official charges (of breaking rules)
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    Federal inspectors cited the plant for "inhumane slaughter" and halted production there for one week, an extremely rare penalty imposed for the mistreatment of cattle.  (source)
    cited = charged (with breaking the law)
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    It's not as though they cited you or anything.  (source)
    cited = charged with breaking the law
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    Or be cited for contempt of this court.  (source)
    cited = charged (with breaking the law)
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    The company that had supplied the USDA with the taco meat — Northern States Beef, a subsidiary of ConAgra — had in the previous eighteen months been cited for 171 "critical" food safety violations at its facilities.  (source)
    cited = charged with breaking the law
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    Obviously, when you talk to your grandfather, you will tell him that he will be cited if he mentions this to anyone else.  (source)
    cited = charged (with breaking the law)
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meaning too rare to warrant focus

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He found one last success on the track, this time with the great Noor, winner of the Santa Anita Handicap and conqueror of Triple Crown winner Citation.  (source)
Citation = a horse's name
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