mentioning
- present participle of mention.
Example Sentences
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And those in the sport have fairly diligently avoided mentioning his name since.
From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026
Laura Ingraham and Jesse Watters chose not to preview or promote the speech in the two prime hours leading up to it, and Ingraham refrained from mentioning it on her Friday, Monday and Tuesday broadcasts.
From Salon ● Jul. 22, 2026
The operator even backed out of certain bets mid-speech when Trump veered off script and skipped over a part that included a word Perez had placed a bet on Trump mentioning, the broadcaster said.
From Barron's ● Jul. 16, 2026
But,” Didisheim added, “the sudden headlines mentioning the ‘WallStreetBets’ Reddit forum driving a historic short squeeze: that is the unpredictable ‘pure news’.”
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 4, 2026
I couldn’t help thinking how in that case, if Granny Blakeslee was alive she would call it worth mentioning that Grandpa finally got what he wanted most in life after he died.
From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns
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