quotation mark
nounDefinition of quotation mark
: one of a pair of punctuation marks " " or ' ' used chiefly to indicate the beginning and the end of a quotation in which the exact phraseology of another or of a text is directly cited
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This is a form of art—no quotation marks—that makes sense in a world that frequently does not. — Sheila Marikar, ELLE Decor, "An Ode to the Perverse Pleasure of Needlepoint," 6 Sep. 2018 Vladimir Nabokov once wrote that reality is one of the few words that means nothing without quotation marks. — Franklin Foer, The Atlantic, "The End of Reality," 8 Apr. 2018 There’s always another interview to parse, another set of quotation marks to unpack, another set of references to dissect. — Melvin Backman, GQ, "At Louis Vuitton, Virgil Abloh Goes Over the Rainbow," 22 June 2018 Throughout the series, quotation marks indicate a subject’s exact words as written in a transcript, as recalled by a party to the conversation or as stated to a reporter, either now or at the time of the investigation. — jsonline.com, "CHAPTER 8: "I'LL SEE HER IN HEAVEN"," 18 Oct. 2017 From the get-go, hovering quotation marks become Abloh’s signature. — Steff Yotka, Vogue, "A Brief History of Virgil Abloh’s Meteoric Rise," 28 Mar. 2018 Here’s a synopsis, complete with many quotation marks because both Shia and Kanye are deeply quotable. — Emilia Petrarca, The Cut, "Shia LaBeouf Says Kanye West Took All His Clothes," 13 Mar. 2018 Also the use of quotation marks with the term, assault weapon, trivializes how Americans view these guns. — Linda Gandee/special To Cleveland.com, cleveland.com, "Perkins Local Schools superintendent to take the reins in Bay Village in August," 5 Mar. 2018 And while the book was indeed mentioned in Putin’s bibliography, the report found that nearly 16 pages of the thesis were copied word-for-word from the textbook without quotation marks, page citations and footnotes. — Ian Bremmer, Time, "5 Politicos With Questionable Academic Credentials," 5 Mar. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'quotation mark.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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