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quotation

[kwoh-tey-shuhn] / kwoʊˈteɪ ʃən /


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This was in response to his grandfather’s quotation: “You can never succeed when you have hate on your mind.”

From Salon • Jun. 9, 2026

Mr. Gottlieb, a professor of history at Bentley University, produces nearly 300 pages on the topic without a trace of humor, except in quotation.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026

Bucket shop patrons were positioned heavily for Amalgamated to rise, so the proprietors shorted the stock “to establish as low a quotation as possible,” the Journal wrote.

From Barron's • Apr. 7, 2026

Fennell has already addressed this, noting that her film is stylized with quotation marks around the title because it’s her own vision of the book, inspired by how she imagined it as a teenager.

From Salon • Feb. 23, 2026

I may force their words to stand between quotation marks.

From "Hunger of Memory" by Richard Rodriguez




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