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- noun Plural form of
citation .
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Examples
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Leaving aside the fact that all the most relevant arguments just happen to come from a U.S. lobby group with direct links to the funders of the Digital Economy report, the Conference Board of Canada has failed to understand the rules associated with plagiarism as a sprinkling of citations is simply not good enough.
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Minor deviations from Bluebook style in citations to standard materials do not matter to anyone in the actual legal system, and for citations to unusual materials, few participants would recognize or care about a “mistake” as long as the citation worked.
The Volokh Conspiracy » The Case for Abolishing the Bluebook 2010
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A high-priority Obama administration push to unclog a backlog of contested mine safety citations is backfiring.
Obama Push To Unclog Backlog Of Contested Mine-Safety Citations Is Backfiring The Huffington Post News Team 2010
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Fostert: If you have any citations from a half-way reliable source that Hindu Nationalists were responsible for the starting the slaughter in Bangladesh, please produce them.
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The common thread to the three citations is an inference that if God exits he cannot have been a watchmaker who creates the basic substance of the universe and winds it up with laws and physical properties so that it unfolds according to plan.
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Recipients of the medal are approved by Congress and receive citations from the president for acts of bravery or self-sacrifice "above and beyond the call of duty."
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Bartlett's Familiar Quotations includes four citations from the speech – one-seventh of the entire address, which built to an unforgettable exhortation: "Ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country."
Ted Sorensen DEAD: John F. Kennedy Speechwriter, Obama Supporter, Dies At 82 AP 2010
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Bartlett's Familiar Quotations includes four citations from the speech – one-seventh of the entire address, which built to an unforgettable exhortation: "Ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country."
Ted Sorensen DEAD: John F. Kennedy Speechwriter, Obama Supporter, Dies At 82 AP 2010
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Prove your statement with references and citations — and not citations from the Tooth Fairy.
Think Progress » Sarah Palin calls global warming studies ‘snake oil science.’ 2010
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The common thread to the three citations is an inference that if God exits he cannot have been a watchmaker who creates the basic substance of the universe and winds it up with laws and physical properties so that it unfolds according to plan.
reesetee commented on the word citations
Heeeeey...why is "citations" hissing on the home page at the top of the comments section?
October 5, 2007
john commented on the word citations
Oops, that was debug code sneaking onto the live site. Fixed.
Hey, I like this business of bug reports being posted on relevant words!
October 5, 2007
reesetee commented on the word citations
Heehee. Thought it might have been an early Halloween gag.
October 5, 2007
mollusque commented on the word citations
Wordie just hit 60,000 citations!
March 8, 2008
mollusque commented on the word citations
Wordie just hit 70,000 citations!
May 3, 2008