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Definition

A quote-ready sentence is a self-contained statement that can be extracted from its surrounding context and used as a citation without losing meaning — typically a single sentence that makes a complete, specific, attributable claim. When an AI system selects a passage to cite, it often looks for the most precise, self-contained statement of a fact or claim — a single sentence or short phrase that stands alone without requiring surrounding context. Writing content with quote-ready sentences in mind means crafting sentences that work in isolation: no pronouns that require context, no claims that need the surrounding paragraph to be understood. Every quote-ready sentence is a potential citation in AI-generated responses.

Citable claim

Atomic content unit

Content extractability

Declarative content

Answer-first formatting

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