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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The mustache adding an exclamation point to the fact.
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Scott Tobias, Vulture, 5 May 2025
No one would be surprised if the recipients embarked on a wild goose chase to track down the exclamation point clearly missing from your statement.
—Angela Haupt, Time, 28 Mar. 2025
Mike Vasil in the bottom of the 10th before Casas provided the walk-off exclamation point.
—Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 19 Apr. 2025
Rice homered two batters later and Wells provided the exclamation point with a line-drive home run near the right-field foul pole.
—Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 15 Apr. 2025
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Scott Tobias, Vulture, 5 May 2025
No one would be surprised if the recipients embarked on a wild goose chase to track down the exclamation point clearly missing from your statement.
—Angela Haupt, Time, 28 Mar. 2025
Mike Vasil in the bottom of the 10th before Casas provided the walk-off exclamation point.
—Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 19 Apr. 2025
Rice homered two batters later and Wells provided the exclamation point with a line-drive home run near the right-field foul pole.
—Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 15 Apr. 2025
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“Exclamation point.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/exclamation%20point. Accessed 20 May. 2025.
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