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to give as an example
cited several experts' opinions to back up her argument
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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 cites
Diana Campbell Williams, a 72-year-old Democrat who lives in Auburn, Michigan, cites foreign affairs as her top issue.
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Steve Peoples, Fortune, 21 Oct. 2024
The lawsuit cites an agreement, the details of which are unknown to Alcon, for Warners to lease or license studio lot space, access and other materials to Tesla for the event.
—Winston Cho, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 Oct. 2024
Landry’s order cites the plethora of regulations that the Biden administration has implemented in the name of climate change.
—Nolan McKendry | The Center Square, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 19 Oct. 2024
Rus cites John Hopfield’s work in 1982, the development of the Boltzmann machine by Hinton in 1985, and the pursuit of backpropagation in 1986.
—John Werner, Forbes, 18 Oct. 2024
Kane cites two other faculty members who fostered his ambitions.
—Julie Hinds, Detroit Free Press, 18 Oct. 2024
Rus marks 2017 as the year for the rise of transformer architectures, and then cites three successive software advances in three consecutive years - AlphaFold in 2020, Stable Diffusion in 2021 AlphaCode in 2022.
—John Werner, Forbes, 18 Oct. 2024
The platform leverages an organization’s own data to search and generate an answer based on a user’s query, and even cites the exact source for the answer so that users can refer back to the primary documentation, if required.
—Dr. Sai Balasubramanian, M.d., J.d., Forbes, 17 Oct. 2024
Later, Rus cites Amara‘s law, which talks about how technology impact is overestimated in the short term, and underestimated in the long term.
—John Werner, Forbes, 17 Oct. 2024
Steve Peoples, Fortune, 21 Oct. 2024
The lawsuit cites an agreement, the details of which are unknown to Alcon, for Warners to lease or license studio lot space, access and other materials to Tesla for the event.
—Winston Cho, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 Oct. 2024
Landry’s order cites the plethora of regulations that the Biden administration has implemented in the name of climate change.
—Nolan McKendry | The Center Square, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 19 Oct. 2024
Rus cites John Hopfield’s work in 1982, the development of the Boltzmann machine by Hinton in 1985, and the pursuit of backpropagation in 1986.
—John Werner, Forbes, 18 Oct. 2024
Kane cites two other faculty members who fostered his ambitions.
—Julie Hinds, Detroit Free Press, 18 Oct. 2024
Rus marks 2017 as the year for the rise of transformer architectures, and then cites three successive software advances in three consecutive years - AlphaFold in 2020, Stable Diffusion in 2021 AlphaCode in 2022.
—John Werner, Forbes, 18 Oct. 2024
The platform leverages an organization’s own data to search and generate an answer based on a user’s query, and even cites the exact source for the answer so that users can refer back to the primary documentation, if required.
—Dr. Sai Balasubramanian, M.d., J.d., Forbes, 17 Oct. 2024
Later, Rus cites Amara‘s law, which talks about how technology impact is overestimated in the short term, and underestimated in the long term.
—John Werner, Forbes, 17 Oct. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cites
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Bic’s official announcement specifically mentions candles but doesn’t go into details about other use cases.Andrew Liszewski, The Verge, 4 Oct. 2024
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The joint statement only mentions wages.Phil Helsel, NBC News, 3 Oct. 2024
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The measure specifies that 60% of the proceeds would go to the county for homeless services.Doug Smith, Los Angeles Times, 3 Oct. 2024
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What to know about buyer-broker agreements The buyer-broker agreement is a contract between a real estate agent and a homebuyer that specifies the terms of their working relationship, said Cobreiro — the goal of which is to identify a house for the buyer to purchase.Ana Teresa Solá, CNBC, 1 Oct. 2024
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The data through September 2024 indicates a slight drop, suggesting some improvement, though crime levels remain elevated compared to early-decade figures.Jovi Dai, The Mercury News, 15 Nov. 2024
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Interestingly, some research indicates that cannabis may offer temporary respiratory relief.Tribune Content Agency, The Mercury News, 15 Nov. 2024
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“Cites.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cites. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.
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