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pull quotes

pull quotes is the plural 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

Questions about pull quotes

What is pull quotes the plural of?
Pull quotes is the plural of pull quote.

Words near pull quotes in the dictionary

  1. pull out of the hat
  2. pull out of the woodwork
  3. pull over
  4. pull punches
  5. pull quote
  6. pull quotes
  7. pull rank
  8. pull request
  9. pull requested
  10. pull requesting
  11. pull requests

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Adapted from Wiktionary: pull quotes (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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