quotation mark
noun
: 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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These connectors can be combined with each other and with terms in quotation marks.
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Kristen Finch, JSTOR Daily, 21 Apr. 2025
Modern thinkers stopped using these concepts altogether except in quotation marks, with a wink, a smirk, and a glance backward toward the unscientific past.
—Isaac Bashevis Singer, Harpers Magazine, 26 Mar. 2025
The former searches the web for relevant information about your document and shows a quotation mark icon next to each of its search hits.
—PCMAG, 25 Mar. 2025
Commas and quotation marks wink from around the room.
—Thao Thai, Southern Living, 5 Apr. 2025
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Kristen Finch, JSTOR Daily, 21 Apr. 2025
Modern thinkers stopped using these concepts altogether except in quotation marks, with a wink, a smirk, and a glance backward toward the unscientific past.
—Isaac Bashevis Singer, Harpers Magazine, 26 Mar. 2025
The former searches the web for relevant information about your document and shows a quotation mark icon next to each of its search hits.
—PCMAG, 25 Mar. 2025
Commas and quotation marks wink from around the room.
—Thao Thai, Southern Living, 5 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for quotation mark
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“Quotation mark.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/quotation%20mark. Accessed 21 May. 2025.
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