citation

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Praising and applauding
acclaim
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enthrone
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eulogistic
eulogistically
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ovation
overpraise
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paean
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Examples of citing

citing

In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.

Citing previous cognitive work, she notes that shorter phrases require less processing and are more ready to be articulated before longer ones.
Some call for outright bans, citing the "precautionary principle" on the development of technologies that have the potential to significantly change human nature.
It does not, however, state which groups it is not suitable for, citing "common radical and palliative radiotherapy schedules" as suitable.
By citing several landmark studies, he illustrates that socially upward mobility does not always mean linguistic homogenization toward the standard.
He merely describes what emerged and accounts for it by citing dialect mixture as the reason, rather than seeking social explanations.
One more instance of non-empirical methodology is worth citing.
Tones are indicated only in citing individual words and morphemes.
Research articles citing ' human capital ' in the last three years are mainly from labour and health economists.
In qualitative interviews, patients mentioned only the benefits of home care, whilst citing both advantages and disadvantages for hospital care.
Conflicting stances on many issues can readily be justified by citing compassionate impulses.
My purpose in citing it here is to show the various ways historians have described dispersal, migration and resettlement.
Attempts to achieve political gains by citing the military commitment usually failed.
He begins by citing, and quickly dismissing, common arguments in favor of letting languages die.
In every case, the authors describe the exclusion in impressionistic language - ' appear ', ' probably ', ' suggest ' - rather than citing clear-cut measures of data quality.
To date, families of 12 children have dropped out (9 in the first 3 months of the study), generally citing time pressures.
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