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The word 'citation' is correct and commonly used in written English
It is used to refer to a quotation or reference to a source when using information or ideas from another work. It is often used in academic writing, such as essays or research papers. Example: According to Smith (2019), "climate change is one of the biggest challenges facing our planet today" (p. 15). This citation from a reputable source highlights the importance of addressing climate change.
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Citation
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An official summons or notice given to a person to appear; the paper containing such summons or notice.
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However, the Nobel committee's citation said the prize was a more general one, to mark "its extensive efforts to eliminate chemical weapons" and nudge the few remaining nations that had not yet signed up to the organisation.
Both went to al-Jazeera for its continuing campaign to get all its imprisoned journalists freed – the citation nestling alongside the Fifa World Cup trophy tour and other superior things.
In their citation for the Guardian's site, the judges said: "Through digital innovation, great journalism, industry-leading design and its approach to social media, the winning sport website sets the bar high in every area that matters to sports fans everywhere".
In its citation, the King Baudouin Foundation said IGGs represented 17,100 households, accounting for around 97,000 people, in four hillside regions in Burundi.
In their citation, the judges from the Society for News Design, based in the New York, said: "We liked the Guardian's section-by-section consistency.
As the NSA itself explained in its guidelines submitted to the Fisa court: "Analysts who request tasking will document in the tasking database a citation or citations to the information that led them to reasonably believe that a targeted person is located outside the United States.
His citation of immigration as the root difficulty in housing and health failed to rouse the audience.
Jewish settlers on the West Bank, repeating a longstanding inaccurate citation of then-Israeli Prime Minister Abba Eban from a 1969 interview, call them "Auschwitz borders".
"HE HAS principles and convictions," read the citation for Demóstenes Torres in Época's list of the 100 most influential Brazilians of 2009.
A random check carried out this week showed that there is one citation on Google News for every 50,000 Chinese or Indians, 20,000 Bangladeshis, 8,000 Pakistanis, 5,000 Russians, 3,400 Egyptians (in the midst of horrific soccer riots) or 1200 Syrians (although the regime in Damascus is doing its best to improve its rankings by steadily decreasing the number of living Syrians).
Only foreigners call him Cardoso.The Economist's style is very rigid: name in full on first citation and title plus surname thereafter.
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