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as in mentioned
to give as an example
cited several experts' opinions to back up her argument
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as in noted
to make reference to or speak about briefly but specifically
cited a number of similar instances of people surviving plane crashes
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Recent Examples of cited
Police in Phoenix have detained a young man who allegedly vandalized a public memorial for Charlie Kirk, the conservative commentator killed last week at a university campus in Utah, media cited police as saying.
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Robert Birsel, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Sep. 2025
Another claim cited a 2018 post from Robinson’s mother’s Facebook, which showed the future alleged assassin dressed in an adidas tracksuit and squatting — a popular, apolitical meme that blew up in the 2010s, poking fun at Eastern Europeans.
—Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 15 Sep. 2025
The investment bank cited reasons including declining popularity of Pop Mart’s products.
—Yue Wang, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
All this changed in 1977 when Larkin and Lord David Cecil both cited Pym when The Times Literary Supplement asked leading literary figures to name Britain’s most underrated novelists.
—Literary Hub, 15 Sep. 2025
Communities from Singapore’s GIC for $10 billion, according to the Financial Times, as cited by StreetAccount.
—Scott Schnipper, CNBC, 15 Sep. 2025
Despite the severe situation and evacuation warnings, there are still a significant number of residents who remain in the city who have cited different reasons for staying, including not being able to afford the costs of evacuation and transportation.
—Diaa Ostaz, ABC News, 9 Sep. 2025
Mitchell had left her daughter in Thomas' care for 45 minutes, according to a criminal complaint cited by The Times and PIX11.
—Madison E. Goldberg, PEOPLE, 9 Sep. 2025
Economic factors such as no income tax, like the rest of Florida, and more affordable housing options also were cited as factors.
—Michael Butler, Miami Herald, 9 Sep. 2025
Robert Birsel, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Sep. 2025
Another claim cited a 2018 post from Robinson’s mother’s Facebook, which showed the future alleged assassin dressed in an adidas tracksuit and squatting — a popular, apolitical meme that blew up in the 2010s, poking fun at Eastern Europeans.
—Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 15 Sep. 2025
The investment bank cited reasons including declining popularity of Pop Mart’s products.
—Yue Wang, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
All this changed in 1977 when Larkin and Lord David Cecil both cited Pym when The Times Literary Supplement asked leading literary figures to name Britain’s most underrated novelists.
—Literary Hub, 15 Sep. 2025
Communities from Singapore’s GIC for $10 billion, according to the Financial Times, as cited by StreetAccount.
—Scott Schnipper, CNBC, 15 Sep. 2025
Despite the severe situation and evacuation warnings, there are still a significant number of residents who remain in the city who have cited different reasons for staying, including not being able to afford the costs of evacuation and transportation.
—Diaa Ostaz, ABC News, 9 Sep. 2025
Mitchell had left her daughter in Thomas' care for 45 minutes, according to a criminal complaint cited by The Times and PIX11.
—Madison E. Goldberg, PEOPLE, 9 Sep. 2025
Economic factors such as no income tax, like the rest of Florida, and more affordable housing options also were cited as factors.
—Michael Butler, Miami Herald, 9 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cited
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Tirias Research has consulted for Nvidia and other AI companies mentioned in this article.—
Jim McGregor,
Forbes.com,
19 Sep. 2025
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As mentioned above, the majority of tequila is produced in Jalisco, and it can in fact only be made in specific parts of the other four states.—
Jonah Flicker,
Robb Report,
19 Sep. 2025
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Researchers have previously noted an elevated but rare risk of myocarditis, or inflamed heart muscle, in young men in particular.—
Annika Kim Constantino,
CNBC,
18 Sep. 2025
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The palace noted the volume includes a dramatized account of Smith's interactions with Pocahontas.—
Amanda Castro
Hannah Parry
Shane Croucher
Jack Royston,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 Sep. 2025
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He was quoted using several racial and religious slurs.—
Mandy Taheri,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Sep. 2025
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The Manhattan district attorney’s office quoted extensively from Mangione’s handwritten diary in a court filing seeking to uphold his state murder charges.—
Preston Fore,
Fortune,
16 Sep. 2025
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Though Gaudí’s fund-raising circular had specified the cross’s appearance, and the model in the warehouse had survived, how to actually build it and which materials to use had been up to Faulí and his team.—
D. T. Max,
New Yorker,
15 Sep. 2025
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While the White House has specified its stance on the measure, White House AI and Crypto Sacks has tended to side with industry concerns about similar proposals and will likely be a strong voice against the initiative.—
Owen Tedford,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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State Representative Devin Carney, a Republican, led the bill's introduction, having noticed Connecticut stood apart from more than 30 states that already had similar prohibitions.—
Hollie Silverman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
20 Sep. 2025
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Nearly 100 years ago, in 1928, Scottish physician Alexander Fleming famously noticed that, in a moldy Petri dish, Penicillium notatum had destroyed the bacteria around it (even if penicillin would still be more than a decade away from development).—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
20 Sep. 2025
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The president indicated his support for designating antifa as a domestic terror organization earlier in the week, prompting the House of Representatives to expedite legislation by a conservative Republican lawmaker to do just that.—
Josh Meyer,
USA Today,
19 Sep. 2025
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Neanderthals who lived in present-day Israel may have passed down local butchery techniques, and experiments indicated that late Pleistocene Neanderthals’ stable nitrogen-isotope ratios indicate not hypercarnivory but a diet rich in maggots.—
Rafil Kroll-Zaidi,
Harpers Magazine,
19 Sep. 2025
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