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For Myers, the bold socks and glossy heel offered a fresh punctuation mark — finishing a uniform look that felt equal parts costume, commentary and character study.
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Maggie Clancy, Footwear News, 6 Aug. 2025
The text uses visual structure such as punctuation marks, paragraph breaks or bolded words to guide understanding.
—Stephanie N. Del Tufo, The Conversation, 28 July 2025
In the equine March Madness, the season’s two final hundred-point contests, the Arkansas and Florida Derbies, basically a month out from the showdown at Churchill, serve as punctuation marks.
—Guy Martin, Forbes.com, 26 Mar. 2025
She’s set to share her album Period, stylized as the punctuation mark (.), on July 4.
—Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 20 June 2025
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Maggie Clancy, Footwear News, 6 Aug. 2025
The text uses visual structure such as punctuation marks, paragraph breaks or bolded words to guide understanding.
—Stephanie N. Del Tufo, The Conversation, 28 July 2025
In the equine March Madness, the season’s two final hundred-point contests, the Arkansas and Florida Derbies, basically a month out from the showdown at Churchill, serve as punctuation marks.
—Guy Martin, Forbes.com, 26 Mar. 2025
She’s set to share her album Period, stylized as the punctuation mark (.), on July 4.
—Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 20 June 2025
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“Punctuation mark.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/punctuation%20mark. Accessed 31 Aug. 2025.
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punctuation mark
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: any of various marks or signs used in punctuation
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