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quotes

NOUN

repetition of something spoken or written by someone

Synonyms

WEAK

citation citing cutting excerpt extract passage quote recitation reference saying selection

NOUN

financial estimate

Synonyms

WEAK

bid bid price charge cost current price figure market price price price named published price quote rate stated price tender

VERB

repeat something spoken, written by another

Synonyms

STRONGEST

cite name recall refer to

STRONG

adduce attest detail excerpt extract instance paraphrase parrot proclaim recite recollect reference retell

Antonyms

STRONG

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Example Sentences

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“Down South” quotes the repeated “oh yeahs” from the Beatles’ “I’ll Get You,” while the undulating introduction to “Mountain Top” hints at “I Am the Walrus.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 3, 2026

Here we give some of the background to key quotes from the interview.

From BBC • Jun. 1, 2026

He quotes, to good effect, Goldwater himself, who wrote that “America is fundamentally a Conservative nation.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 1, 2026

Anonymous quotes, drive-by commentary and incendiary mailers may be standard campaign fare.

From Los Angeles Times • May 31, 2026

My dad quotes the great Persian poets—Rumi, Hafez, Ferdowsi.

From "Everything Sad Is Untrue" by Daniel Nayeri