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cite as in: cited from the President's speech
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She cited census statistics to prove her point.cited = quoted
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She cited two Supreme Court cases that support her argument.cited = listed
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She cited Polonius' advice to his son from Shakespeare's Hamlet: "Give every man thine ear, but few thy voice."cited = quoted
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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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Chang cited a 1933 speech by a Japanese general: "Every single bullet must be charged with the Imperial Way, and the end of every bayonet must have National Virtue burnt into it." (source)cited = quoted
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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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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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She cites — it's right here — First Kings, chapter twenty-two — the passage in which God deceives King Ahab. (source)cites = mentions a written source as evidence
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The progression of citations, which had spanned over two thousand years, did not continue much further.† (source)citations = things quoted (to make a point)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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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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And 'The Devil can cite Scripture for his purpose.' (source)cite = quote
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The media was not interested in the story, citing "innocence fatigue." (source)citing = mentioning
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CITES, the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species, had just come into effect, and the window on the trading of captured wild animals had slammed shut.† (source)CITES = quotes someone (to make a point)
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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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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)
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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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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)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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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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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 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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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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I expected gratitude and a citation of honor. (source)citation = public commendation (written 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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But following the quote from "The Grand Inquisitor," there was a second citation from The Brothers Karamazov from a scene the Count had all but forgotten.† (source)citation = a public commendation or statement of praise
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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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Of course, thinks Connor, it could backfire on them, and the cops could cite them for jaywalking. (source)cite = charge (with breaking the law)
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They'll cite me for losing it. (source)
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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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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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No. Bram already has too many citations from the care center. (source)citations = official charges (of breaking 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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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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There are minor citations issued from time to time, like when Bram is late. (source)citations = official charges (of having broken rules)
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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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It's not as though they cited you or anything. (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)
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Or be cited for contempt of this court. (source)cited = charged (with breaking the law)
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"This may result in some sanctions for you at work," one of the Officials says to my father, in a tone so mean I wonder if she will get cited herself. (source)cited = charged (with breaking rules)
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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.
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Citation = a horse's name
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