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  1.     <?php
  2.     $str = "the word <cite>printing<cite> is in http://w...content-available-to-author-only...w.thisis<cite>printing</cite>.com";
  3.     $replaced = preg_replace('#(https?://)(.*?)<cite>(.*?)</cite>([^\s]*)#s', "$1$2$3$4", $str);
  4.     echo $replaced;
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    the word <cite>printing<cite> is in http://w...content-available-to-author-only...g.com
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