exclamation point
noun
1
: a mark ! used especially after an interjection or exclamation to indicate forceful utterance or strong feeling
2
: a distinctive indication of major significance, interest, or contrast
the game put an exclamation point on the season
called also exclamation mark
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Samuel was limited with an exclamation point.
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Joe Buscaglia, New York Times, 16 Aug. 2025
This glib, rushed moment puts an unearned exclamation point at the end of a glib, rushed episode that ties up AJLT’s glib, rushed final Carrie storyline.
—Judy Berman, Time, 15 Aug. 2025
The title still carries that big old exclamation point, but the fantasy is more than a little long in the tooth.
—Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 15 Aug. 2025
The map isn’t cluttered with exclamation points.
—Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 13 Aug. 2025
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Joe Buscaglia, New York Times, 16 Aug. 2025
This glib, rushed moment puts an unearned exclamation point at the end of a glib, rushed episode that ties up AJLT’s glib, rushed final Carrie storyline.
—Judy Berman, Time, 15 Aug. 2025
The title still carries that big old exclamation point, but the fantasy is more than a little long in the tooth.
—Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 15 Aug. 2025
The map isn’t cluttered with exclamation points.
—Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 13 Aug. 2025
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“Exclamation point.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/exclamation%20point. Accessed 6 Sep. 2025.
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