Example and Quotation

Example

Example noun - One of a group or collection that shows what the whole is like.

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Quotation and example are semantically related. in instance topic. In some cases you can use "Quotation" instead a noun "Example".

Quotation noun - A passage referred to, repeated, or offered as an example.

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Example and quotation are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Example" instead a noun "Quotation".

Nearby Words: quote, quota, quoted, quoting, quotable

direct	direct example	direct quotation
partial	partial example	partial quotation
memorable	memorable example	memorable quotation
famous	famous example	famous quotation
Other adjectives: well-known, above.

For example, at one point he says "Like the Bible says, 'Penny saved, penny earned.'" He is told that the quotation is actually from Benjamin Franklin.

Source: You Know Who Said That aka: And Now You Know The Rest Of The Story
In a similar vein to the above example, fittingly enough, Guilty Gear has a few examples of this whenever a "relatively normal" (note the quotation marks) character takes on the likes of, say, Sol Badguy, Bedman or Slayer.

Source: The Battle Didn't Count
There's generally no need to quote the source material verbatim, and the example sections just look better when they aren't broken up every five lines with a distracting block of quotation markup.

Source: Administrivia / No New Stock Phrases

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Quotation and Example. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 14, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/example/quotation

Example & Quotation. N.p., 2016. Web. 14 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/example/quotation>.

Quotation or Example. 2016. Accessed August 14, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/example/quotation.

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