Definitions

cites

VERB

note, quote

Synonyms

STRONGEST

allege allude to indicate mention name offer point out present recount refer to repeat specify spell out tell

STRONG

adduce advance enumerate evidence excerpt exemplify extract instance lay number recite reference rehearse remember reminisce

WEAK

appeal to get down to brass tacks give as example illustrate with

Antonyms

STRONGEST

conceal deny take withhold

STRONG

forget insert

VERB

subpoena

Synonyms

STRONGEST

call name order

STRONG

arraign command summon

Antonyms

STRONGEST

ignore

Example Sentences

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Mr. Dalrymple cites the example of U Ottama, also called Mahatma Ottama— “a short Buddhist monk with large ears and a scar on his forehead”—who yearned for Burmese union with India.

From The Wall Street Journal

Mr. Dalrymple cites Ayesha Jalal, a rare objective historian to have come out of modern Pakistan, who calls it “the central historical event in twentieth-century South Asia.”

From The Wall Street Journal

Mr. Newman cites a series of studies showing that people dramatically underestimate how productive continued searching will be.

From The Wall Street Journal

Ms. Rivera Garza cites Revueltas’s concept in “Human Mourning” of “inhabited footprints,” the seemingly oxymoronic condition of displaced people who discover a sense of belonging in their migrations.

From The Wall Street Journal

It also cites a Times investigation that found that Edison fell behind in doing maintenance that it told state regulators was needed and began billing customers for.

From Los Angeles Times