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Herman Miller’s cushy Comma dining chair takes after the punctuation mark with an upholstered seat that invites you to pause.
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Audrey Lee, Architectural Digest, 22 Jan. 2026
The fun of this drink starts, of course, with the name, which weighs in at 11 words (and one punctuation mark) and with which people tend to be both amused and bemused.
—Jason O'Bryan, Robb Report, 17 Jan. 2026
There is her pencil, hovering, pouncing, picking away at punctuation marks, at faulty typography, but never, never straying toward faulty propaganda lines.
—Literary Hub, 8 Dec. 2025
In comparison to previous years, NordPass analyzed an increase in the use of special characters in common passwords, like punctuation marks.
—Greta Cross, USA Today, 18 Nov. 2025
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Audrey Lee, Architectural Digest, 22 Jan. 2026
The fun of this drink starts, of course, with the name, which weighs in at 11 words (and one punctuation mark) and with which people tend to be both amused and bemused.
—Jason O'Bryan, Robb Report, 17 Jan. 2026
There is her pencil, hovering, pouncing, picking away at punctuation marks, at faulty typography, but never, never straying toward faulty propaganda lines.
—Literary Hub, 8 Dec. 2025
In comparison to previous years, NordPass analyzed an increase in the use of special characters in common passwords, like punctuation marks.
—Greta Cross, USA Today, 18 Nov. 2025
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“Punctuation mark.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/punctuation%20mark. Accessed 29 Jan. 2026.
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punctuation mark
noun
: any of various marks or signs used in punctuation
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