full stop

noun

Definition of full stop

chiefly British

: a point . used to show the end of a sentence or an abbreviation : period sense 5a … the full stop after the roman numeral …— Eric Korn He found that a full stop expressed his feelings too violently, and wrote the letter again, for the fifth time …— Anthony Trollope … ordered the initials 'F. C. W. K.,' with the customary untrained grape-vine-looking flourishes, and a large full stop, to be engraved forthwith.— Charles Dickens —used interjectionally to emphasize the finality of the preceding statement … when it comes to parenting she's the boss, full stop.— Pamela Druckerman

Examples of full stop in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web There’s no transparency in the influencer industry, full stop. — Amy Shoenthal, Forbes, "A Journalist’s Deep Dive Into The Billion Dollar Industry That’s Being Largely Ignored," 20 Apr. 2021 Perhaps the golden rule is to always come to a full stop at all stop signs. — Lance Eliot, Forbes, "Self-Driving Cars Grappling With Human Drivers That Blow Through Stop Signs," 7 Apr. 2021 What has been remarkable about these films is Robert has done it full stop. — David Browne, Rolling Stone, "Robert Fripp and Toyah Willcox on Their Viral Quarantine Videos: ‘We’re in This With You’," 24 Mar. 2021 Really, these two aren't afraid of public declarations of affection, full stop. — Christopher Rosa, Glamour, "Hailey and Justin Bieber Got the Prettiest, Tiny Matching Tattoos," 30 Mar. 2021 A year into the pandemic that drew the sports world to a full stop in March of 2020, the effects of the lockdown are still being felt, and athletics may never be the same. — Chronicle Staff, San Francisco Chronicle, "Coronavirus updates from the Bay Area: March 11-17, 2021," 20 Mar. 2021 Thursday's match also saw Mohamed Salah, Liverpool's top scorer so far this season, substituted shortly after the hour mark, prompting his agent Ramy Abbas Issa to post a cryptic tweet of a single full stop. — George Ramsay, CNN, "Liverpool slumps to fifth straight home defeat as Jurgen Klopp defends 'rare' Mohamed Salah substitution," 5 Mar. 2021 For most people in the Bay Area, leisurely vacations came to a full stop during the pandemic. — Annie Vainshtein, San Francisco Chronicle, "Miami. Las Vegas. Hawaii. Californians are itching to travel there this summer, but what about COVID?," 12 Mar. 2021 Maybe their long-term future is to have fewer employees full stop. — Andrew Stuttaford, National Review, "Woke Capitalism — The Next Generation," 12 Mar. 2021

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