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
Their victory in the final game put an exclamation point on the season.
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Just two weeks later, those words were to receive an exclamation point in the form of a live-fire naval artillery exercise announced by the Russians and scheduled to occur as close as about 30 miles from Kirkenes.
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Tom Yulsman, Time, 23 Feb. 2026
Stockton didn’t lose in his final two high school seasons, and capped his run with an exclamation point on Saturday at Ball Arena via a third-period pin of Mullen’s Champion Dyes to claim a second consecutive Class 3A heavyweight title.
—Kyle Newman, Denver Post, 22 Feb. 2026
That third-place finish stamped an exclamation point on one of those only-at-the-Olympics kind of stories.
—Chicago Tribune, 21 Feb. 2026
Christian McCaffrey went from a question mark to an exclamation point Thursday night when the 49ers’ running back was named the NFL’s Associated Press Comeback Player of the Year at honors night at the Palace of Fine Arts in San Francisco.
—Jerry McDonald, Mercury News, 6 Feb. 2026
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Tom Yulsman, Time, 23 Feb. 2026
Stockton didn’t lose in his final two high school seasons, and capped his run with an exclamation point on Saturday at Ball Arena via a third-period pin of Mullen’s Champion Dyes to claim a second consecutive Class 3A heavyweight title.
—Kyle Newman, Denver Post, 22 Feb. 2026
That third-place finish stamped an exclamation point on one of those only-at-the-Olympics kind of stories.
—Chicago Tribune, 21 Feb. 2026
Christian McCaffrey went from a question mark to an exclamation point Thursday night when the 49ers’ running back was named the NFL’s Associated Press Comeback Player of the Year at honors night at the Palace of Fine Arts in San Francisco.
—Jerry McDonald, Mercury News, 6 Feb. 2026
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“Exclamation point.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/exclamation%20point. Accessed 25 Feb. 2026.
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