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Examples of punch line in a Sentence
She didn't understand the punch line.
Recent Examples on the Web
Sources familiar with the ongoing budgetary triage say that the next phase of work on the Second Ave. subway — a project so historically subject to delays it’s become a multigenerational punch line since the 1970s — is likely to be delayed again.
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Evan Simko-Bednarski, New York Daily News, 25 June 2024
Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle (2004) Who’d have thought that the punch line of Neil Patrick Harris as an unhinged version of himself would still land 11 years later, but for entirely different reasons?
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Vulture Editors, Vulture, 20 Apr. 2024
A couple of decades ago, Arizona State University was the punch line in TV shows.
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Joanna Allhands, The Arizona Republic, 1 Feb. 2024
Nick Cannon, father of 12, insures testicles for $10 million, ensuring new punch lines.
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Shelby Grad, Los Angeles Times, 9 June 2024
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Word History
First Known Use
1916, in the meaning defined above
Dictionary Entries Near punch line
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“Punch line.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/punch%20line. Accessed 27 Jul. 2024.
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