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“Citing” or “Sighting” or “Siting”

Overview

citing / sighting / siting are similar-sounding terms with different meanings (referred to as homophones). To better understand the differences, see below for definitions, pronunciation guides, and example sentences using each term. 👇

Definitions

citing: NA

sighting: (noun) the act of observing.

siting: NA

Pronunciation

citing: s·AY·t·ih·ng

sighting: s·AY·t·ih·ng

siting: s·AY·t·ih·ng

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Examples in Context

Examples of “citing”

  • cabinet on 15 January 2016, citing cabinet renewal.
  • to the iOS App Store, citing pornographic content as the reason.
  • bout itself was disappointing, primarily citing Mayweather's defense-oriented strategy in the
  • tournament on 4 April 2011 citing scheduling conflict with rescheduled J.
  • 2, 2015, fight with Pacquiao, citing his indirect frustration at not
  • Neeson declined the award, citing tensions, and affirmed he was
  • CBP suspended the contract, citing "conduct indicating a lack of
  • Citing her cruel treatment of employees
  • negative review of Schlegel's book citing its incompleteness and lack of
  • are now in U.S. custody citing the lack of transparency in

Examples of “sighting”

  • horizon vane and sets the sighting vane (C) to align his
  • the shadow vane and the sighting vane (B-A-C).
  • tower being connected to, and sighting for, a different naval battery
  • Given the double sighting of mountains it is possible
  • Captain George Dundas, who on sighting the French squadron immediately sent
  • phenomena through gathering and investigating sighting accounts, as well as inform
  • its origins in an initial sighting of numerous small mounds by
  • On sighting the British squadron, Linois gave
  • with Canby and Sibley rarely sighting Navajo raiders.
  • "Accidental Sighting," Southern Humanities Review

Examples of “siting”

  • largely residential albeit with the siting of some embassies and corporate
  • - Doppelganger 入侵者 as Wang Siting 王思婷
  • folklore, the reason for the siting of the parish church is


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