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mention

B1Frequent NGSL-1
UK /ˈmenʃn/US /ˈmenʃn/
noun

an act of referring to somebody/something in speech or writing

verb

to write or speak about something/somebody, especially without giving much information

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In fact, he mentioned to me earlier that on Class Day in 1984, he received the Lucius N.

Ban Ki-moon's Harvard Kennedy School Graduation Address (2023)

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