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“Citing” or “Sighting” or “Siting”

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

What each term means

Same sound, different spellings and meanings, shown with a pronunciation guide for each term.

citing s·AY·t·ih·ng

No dictionary entry for this spelling — see the usage examples below for how it shows up in writing.

sighting s·AY·t·ih·ng

  • nounthe act of observing.

siting s·AY·t·ih·ng

No dictionary entry for this spelling — see the usage examples below for how it shows up in writing.

Usage

Examples in context

Real sentences for each spelling. Hover an example to copy it.

“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

“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

“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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