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citation

noun as in excerpt

noun as in award

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The Police Department issued 40 e-bike citations this year as of Nov. 13 and has impounded 19 e-bikes since the ordinance was adopted.

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This time, she wanted a citation model that compensated the 46 thinkers who shaped her understanding of the subject.

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Over an eight-year period, state officials issued just 27 citations for child labor violations, even though thousands of agricultural businesses operate in California.

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Summers was mentioned by name once, in a citation from the website of the Program for Evolutionary Dynamics, which he established with funding from Epstein.

And despite his citations and medals and his efforts to move up in the world, Fred, a soda jerk before the war, is once again dishing up sundaes.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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