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Is the phrase "in a nod to" in use in English?
 

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Very much so, yes.

You can use Google Ngrams to research such questions yourself:

 
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You can use Google Ngrams to research such qustions yourself:
I've actually looked it up in a couple of online dictionaries, but all to no avail. Except this entry from Cambridge:

 
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