Example Sentences

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It’s not generally expected to footnote its references or adopt the citational rigor of nonfiction.

From Washington Post • Mar. 24, 2023

Most of the publicly available databases that we use for citational spackling don’t even index some of these words, let alone let you search for them—for entirely practical reasons.

From Slate • Mar. 14, 2017

Abrams—like the designated director of the following episode, Rian Johnson—has a proven knack for taking genre conventions and well-worn archetypes to a new place that’s self-aware without being tiresomely citational.

From Slate • Jan. 9, 2015