direct quotation
Example Sentences
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Ruger Chief Executive Todd Seyfert said the word takeover isn’t a direct quotation but an interpretation of Beretta’s actions.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 21, 2026
A direct quotation is an exact duplication of the author’s words as they appear in the original source.
From Textbooks ● Dec. 21, 2021
An earlier version of this article incorrectly attributed a sentence as a direct quotation in the report.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 13, 2021
Every single one of them was a direct quotation from Dr. Anthony Fauci, the lionized director of the federal government’s National Institutes of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.
From Washington Times ● Aug. 12, 2021
The passage originally contained a single direct quotation from Lucretius, but two more were added in 1588, and we will see in a moment that it is directly inspired by Lucretius on foedus naturae.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
