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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Play close attention to those quotation marks.
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Miami Herald, 13 Jan. 2026
Wal-Mart Stores, 564 U.S. at 360 (internal quotation marks omitted).
—New York Times, 2 Dec. 2025
Either way, those quotation marks are the first signs of a cynicism that pervades Reza’s project, now expanding to enshroud this whole production.
—Sara Holdren, Vulture, 17 Sep. 2025
Her work involved natural language processing (NLP) tools and her explanation of this is below in quotation marks.
—Robert G. Eccles, Forbes.com, 17 July 2025
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Miami Herald, 13 Jan. 2026
Wal-Mart Stores, 564 U.S. at 360 (internal quotation marks omitted).
—New York Times, 2 Dec. 2025
Either way, those quotation marks are the first signs of a cynicism that pervades Reza’s project, now expanding to enshroud this whole production.
—Sara Holdren, Vulture, 17 Sep. 2025
Her work involved natural language processing (NLP) tools and her explanation of this is below in quotation marks.
—Robert G. Eccles, Forbes.com, 17 July 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 Jan. 2026.
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