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mention

[men-shuhn] / ˈmɛn ʃən /




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If it were possible to buy a share of Market A.M.’s future revenue then that’s the sort of statistic a smart investment banker might mention.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

The veteran guard was quick to mention new wings Matisse Thybulle and Ziaire Williams along with second-year forward Adou Thiero.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

The texts did not mention Atlanta at all.

From Salon ● Oct. 1, 2026

These are mostly the same issues that sank previous rounds, including a cap on plastic production, mention of human health, and designating problematic plastic products or chemicals of concern.

From Barron's ● Oct. 1, 2026

Her name fell from mention even in the Spiritualist press.

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock

The second track, “Heart Has to Work So Hard,” touches on the difficulty of making relationships work, but also mentions the biological compound adenosine, used by cardiologists to regulate the titular organ’s rhythm.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026

His startup, ScamDunk, uses a proprietary algorithm to scan sites such as Reddit, StockTwits and YouTube daily for surges in mentions of stocks that could be suspicious.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026

Randolph mentions eastern Mali, Togo, Guinea-Bissau and Burkina Faso but Benin, situated between Nigeria and Togo, is of particular interest for the way the country has invested federation grants in football infrastructure and pitches.

From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026

DataTrek co-founder Nicholas Colas took a look at FactSet’s recent analysis of mentions of AI during corporate earnings calls.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 21, 2026

We looked at a version of this principle when we saw that to help the reader keep track of a single entity across multiple mentions, a writer should not flip-flop between unnecessary synonyms.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker

I mentioned here—on the fateful day of Sept. 8—that the era’s most important story was unfolding disproportionately outside the mainstream media.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

Before the medical examiner’s report became public, Lowe’s family did not reveal a cause of death but in its statement mentioned contact information for a mental health lifeline.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026

Among the upscale amenities that were mentioned in the description are a fitness studio, a teahouse, a pool house, as well as a guesthouse studio with its own living room, fireplace, and private gated entry.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 1, 2026

And a Black athlete empowered to stand for Black people is an athlete who should expect to be persecuted, like Curt Flood, whom Kaepernick mentioned.

From Salon ● Sep. 29, 2026

Chase wondered if his father would have even told him if Chase hadn’t mentioned it first.

From "Storm Runners" by Roland Smith

“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 Thursday from the Cross Hall of the White House.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 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

Without mentioning the US president by name, von der Leyen said offering Canada some sort of EU membership was "not a partnership against anyone else, but for our common strength."

From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2026

And even Lowe’s unboosted posts now get more than double the number of likes and views they did before Musk started mentioning and interacting with him.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026

I didn’t bother mentioning that lately what was threatening to do me in didn’t feel much like grief.

From "Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet" by Joanne Proulx




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