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mention

[men-shuhn] / ˈmɛn ʃən /




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It made no mention of feed or fishmeal.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2026

Mr. Spencer’s four marriages and three divorces barely merit a mention, yet his emotions are center stage as he interweaves his memories around Diana’s death with other scattered recollections.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

"Expect scammers to mention the attack, use your personal details to seem genuine, and create urgency, such as threatening to lock your account within 24 hours."

From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026

Not to mention that there is constant information about new stimuli that bring increased health risks, whether it be food recalls or the many warnings about being on that damn phone.

From Slate ● Oct. 8, 2026

Even though he didn’t mention the fire or the supposed murder, a spike of something jolted through me.

From "Firegirl" by Tony Abbott

It mentions no relationships other than his two marriages and affords no insight into the foundering of his first, with Laurie Lennard, an environmental activist and producer.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

Hourly mentions of AI more than doubled from August to September on both left- and right-leaning shows, a Journal analysis of more than 200 shows found.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026

Search engines and AI rely on web scraping and frequency of mentions, and the sheer volume of his fake posts caused AI to mistakenly identify him as an NFL wide receiver.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 23, 2026

However the deal only mentions the project once, and contains no concrete proposal.

From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026

If someone mentions the Cottages today, I think of easy-going days drifting in and out of each other’s rooms, the languid way the afternoon would fold into evening then into night.

From "Never Let Me Go" by Kazuo Ishiguro

Beyond suicidal and violent discussions, the new benchmark was intended to measure chatbot responses to everyday causes of stress mentioned by users.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2026

You mentioned people who don’t work for the government getting in on the grift, too?

From Slate ● Oct. 8, 2026

A mortgage on a house you can comfortably afford or buying that duplex I mentioned above to earn some rental income are perfectly fine examples of “good” debt.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 7, 2026

Their original press release mentioned building a new air defence systems that would be "in essence, a British Iron Dome", referencing Israel's elaborate air defence system.

From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026

After my father’s boss’s son mentioned his cousin August I started creating stories in my head, about each of them.

From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse

"WHO has requested further information to clarify the cause of the severe pneumonia," WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said Wednesday, mentioning "media reports of a second employee with pneumonia of undetermined cause".

From Barron's ● Oct. 7, 2026

“Most of my friends are willing to get married but not have kids,” she said, mentioning the fierce competition in China for places at the best schools.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 27, 2026

“We do not need to avoid mentioning competition, but our competition should be a healthy one, and should be kept within bounds,” the Chinese president said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 24, 2026

I can’t tell you how many conversations I’ve had where someone says, “Even mentioning this can stir up fear and doubt.”

From Slate ● Sep. 23, 2026

He did not know Kainene had talked to him from Pakistan and did not remember her ever mentioning a friendship with an army officer whose first name and surname were the same.

From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie




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