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pull-quote

American  
[pool-kwoht] / ˈpʊlˌkwoʊt /

noun

  1. (in a magazine or newspaper) an excerpted line or phrase, in a larger or display typeface, run at the top of a page or in a mid-column box to draw attention to the text of the article or story from which it is quoted; blurb.


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Unless, that is, you're Louis Walsh, who gave Cragg an unforgettable pull-quote for the dust jacket.

From BBC Mar. 27, 2023

Day apologetically resisted McKinnon’s attempts to compare her to him: “If you could maybe not lump us together, I just can’t have that be the pull-quote from this interview,” he said.

From New York Times Dec. 16, 2018

“That’s going to be a great pull-quote for you. But, honestly, the Columbine era destroyed my entire career at the time.”

From The Guardian Sep. 21, 2017

Stylistically, he disdains the bon mot — the political pull-quote that we associate with most great speeches.

From Washington Post Jan. 13, 2017

It begins with Pete Hammond, a humanoid pull-quote machine whom the studios pass around like the office stapler.

From Slate Jan. 7, 2015

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