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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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Recent Examples of quotation Sometime late last week, spray-paint-wielding intruders turned the pink walls of this seven-bedroom mansion into a helter-skelter canvas of pop art, obscure quotations and political insinuations — the third hillside home in Los Angeles to be defaced in recent days. James Rainey, Los Angeles Times, 30 Sep. 2024 The evidence of powerful positive quotes is found when those positive quotations remind us what is missing. Chris Westfall, Forbes, 24 Sep. 2024 Exchanges can charge higher fees, as much as 0.1% of the quotation price per share, for stocks under $1. Katherine Doherty, Fortune, 18 Sep. 2024 The company aims to auto-generate quotations for its catalog of products and create design tools for each of its products. Kimberly Chin, Axios, 2 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for quotation 

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“Quotation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/quotation. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.

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