1
as in cited
to make reference to or speak about briefly but specifically
you only mentioned in passing some of your accomplishments
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as in quoted
to give as an example
mentioned several legal precedents in support of her argument
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Recent Examples of mentioned
In addition to the peanut butter pumpkins, the customers also mentioned the peanut butter ghosts, bats, footballs and winter shapes, like the snowmen, stockings and bells.
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Greta Cross, USA Today, 26 Sep. 2025
Facebook users have mentioned that the restaurant is busy as customers are getting in their last few moments of home style Korean cooking.
—Ella Gonzales, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 26 Sep. 2025
In a Fox Business interview, Carr mentioned that the FTC is contemplating broadening its click-to-cancel rulemaking, asserting his disagreement with the previous administration’s approach to establishing the rule.
—Jordan Green, Nashville Tennessean, 26 Sep. 2025
This is despite the fact, also not mentioned, that last April the Administration suspended hundreds of millions of dollars in federal grants to Princeton.
—Louis Menand, New Yorker, 26 Sep. 2025
While explaining the meaning behind the song, Sheeran, 34, mentioned there was a version that features Bieber, 31.
—Marina Watts, PEOPLE, 26 Sep. 2025
Another reviewer mentioned that even kitties enjoy watching it from indoors.
—Stephanie Osmanski, Better Homes & Gardens, 26 Sep. 2025
Earlier this month, Texas A&M University removed a dean and department head and fired a professor after drawing conservative backlash over a viral video in which a student objected to gender identity being mentioned in a children’s literature course.
—Abby Monteil, Them., 26 Sep. 2025
They were mentioned in the Old Testament and treated as a luxury in ancient Persia.
—Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 26 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for mentioned
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Members of the commission cited Wing's background in communications and politics as reasons for choosing him to lead the network.—
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The report noted girls in several countries cited difficulties around contraception access and agency in their decision-making around this.—
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People buy sporty, exotic cars to be noticed.—
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The comedian was noticed by Billy Crystal, who gave him a spot on his first television special.—
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Lingering bullishness The hype around European stocks might be fading, but most investors — as noted in BofA's survey findings — seem to be pricing in further upside.—
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Only 18% of people who could benefit from PrEP currently have access, the Gates Foundation noted in a separate statement.—
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Further concerns include the fact that the portion of the AgoraEU budget that will be given to the support of European audiovisual works and their circulation is neither specified nor guaranteed, as well as the fact that the funding is merged with news media.—
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Meanwhile, Diggs is father to Nova, 9, whose mother has not been specified.—
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Analysts quoted by China’s state-run Global Times said the moves mark the PLA Navy’s progress toward becoming a true blue-water force able to project power far from its shores.—
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His lawyer began recounting the horrors of Mulumba’s childhood and quoted his siblings’ descriptions of vicious abuse.—
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During the meeting, Dexter Brady, the housing authority's deputy director, indicated that a tentative refinancing deal for debt tied to the Madison Heights apartment complex has not been finalized.—
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Comey’s former deputy Andrew McCabe, however, has indicated that Comey authorized the leak to a reporter.—
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“Mentioned.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mentioned. Accessed 1 Oct. 2025.
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