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v. - Call in an official matter, such as to attend court; Commend; Repeat a passage from;

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  • Garcia was cited for her work with disabled children.
  • The only real issue that I can cite is that of succession.
  • You can cite multiple things in one \cite by separating them with a comma.
  • The reason they cite is "rising health care costs".
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  • She wanted to "cite" (refer to material as an authority) the medical dictionary to confirm her definition of "cyte" (a maturing germ cell), but she was not familiar with the "site" (the facility location) and the dictionary was not in "sight" (in the fiel
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