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pull-quote

pull-quote is the alternative form of pull quote.

Meaning of pull quote

Noun

pull quote (plural pull quotes)

  1. A brief excerpt drawn from a document and set separately from the main text—often in larger type and/or in a frame—in order to draw the eye.
    • Experts are often reduced to sound bites or "pull quotes," if they are consulted at all.2017, Tom Nichols, The Death of Expertise, page 10
    Synonyms:
    liftout, pullout

Forms of pull-quote

pluralpull-quotes

Questions about pull-quote

What is pull-quote the alternative form of?
Pull-quote is the alternative form of pull quote.

Words near pull-quote in the dictionary

  1. pull-offs
  2. pull-on
  3. pull-ons
  4. pull-out
  5. pull-outs
  6. pull-quote
  7. pull-quotes
  8. pull-tab
  9. pull-tabs
  10. pull-through
  11. pull-throughs

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: pull-quote (page history and authors); pull quote (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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