Verb He began his speech by quoting Shakespeare. The reporter quoted the police chief as saying that an investigation would be launched soon. He quotes the Bible frequently. Noun Each chapter of the book began with an inspirational quote. She included quotes from the poem in her essay. The article included quotes from the mayor and several councilors. The price quotes exceeded our expectations. I checked the stock quotes online. Titles of newspaper articles should be placed in quotes. See More
Recent Examples on the Web
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So this unfamiliar coach asked him to quote his numbers. Childs Walker, Baltimore Sun, 8 Sep. 2022 This tweet garnered over 2,700 likes and 670 retweets and quote retweets. Ananya Bhattacharya, Quartz, 29 Aug. 2022 Wall Street analysts are typically — to quote an old REM song — shiny happy people. Paul R. La Monica, CNN, 23 Aug. 2022 To quote one of his old album titles, Elvis Is Back! David Browne, Rolling Stone, 16 Aug. 2022 To quote an anonymous sage, the only constant is change. Rex Ahlstrom, Forbes, 8 Aug. 2022 The reporters quote Peter Bod, a former governor of Hungary’s central bank. Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 22 Aug. 2022 That’s half of what Betts is scheduled to pocket at 31, and that’s only if the Braves decide to pick up the option for that season on somebody who (to quote that Braves official again) could become the next Mookie Betts. Terence Moore, Forbes, 17 Aug. 2022 Deutsch’s book is a bit too high-minded to linger much on the actual business of bookselling, preferring instead to quote Talmudic scholarship, Montaigne, Emerson, or Elizabeth Hardwick, among a shop full of others, on books and reading. Max Norman, The New Yorker, 6 Aug. 2022
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Twitter account quote-tweeted several Republican members of Congress with the amount forgiven for their own paycheck protection program loans, including Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia and Matt Gaetz of Florida. Sarah Elbeshbishi, USA TODAY, 11 Sep. 2022 Her final quote to rent furniture, linens and tableware came in at more than double her $8,000 budget, and the menu for the couple's rehearsal dinner jumped by close to 30%. Martha C. White For Cnn Business, CNN, 23 Aug. 2022 Um, and Yost says that this will serve as a warning to sketchy contractors and his quote was kind of cute. Staff Reports, cleveland, 9 Aug. 2022 On the right is my real quote, which says that teachers unions and school bureaucracies have already created distrust. Lindsay Kornick, Fox News, 15 July 2022 On Friday, Lillard issued a statement to Chris Haynes of Yahoo Sports and then later agreed to allow his quote from Thursday to be used by The Oregonian/OregonLive.oregonlive, 8 July 2022 Perhaps my favorite quote was this one from Forbes contributor Ryan Craig, the managing director of Achieve Partners and co-founder of the nonprofit Apprenticeships for America. Jena Mcgregor, Forbes, 6 July 2022 At times like these, Benjamin Franklin is reliably summoned for his durable quote on the fragility of our self-government.Los Angeles Times, 10 June 2022 Each full unit is unique, designed by an artist from the menstruating community, named after a menstruator, and personalized with their quote.San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 May 2022 See More
Word History
Etymology
Verb
Medieval Latin quotare to mark the number of, number references, from Latin quotus of what number or quantity, from quot how many, (as) many as; akin to Latin qui who — more at who