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Recent Examples of comma
The number of commas (at least two) in the amount Russell could be worth blew Baratz away.
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Alec Lewis, New York Times, 17 June 2025
It’s also used in complex lists to separate items that might contain commas already.
—Sara Hashemi, Smithsonian Magazine, 17 June 2025
This includes, but is not limited to: exclamation points, question marks, commas, hyphens, colons, apostrophes.
—Joe Reid, Vulture, 28 May 2025
In contrast to Johnson’s emphatic remarks, comma, Geragos was circumspec and measured in her own presentation.
—Dominic Patten, Deadline, 12 May 2025
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Alec Lewis, New York Times, 17 June 2025
It’s also used in complex lists to separate items that might contain commas already.
—Sara Hashemi, Smithsonian Magazine, 17 June 2025
This includes, but is not limited to: exclamation points, question marks, commas, hyphens, colons, apostrophes.
—Joe Reid, Vulture, 28 May 2025
In contrast to Johnson’s emphatic remarks, comma, Geragos was circumspec and measured in her own presentation.
—Dominic Patten, Deadline, 12 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for comma
Noun
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But not all peace is equal, and this strange, eventful history offers many reasons to suspect that the present peace with Iran will be a brief parenthesis in the long story of mutual enmity.—
Graeme Wood,
The Atlantic,
2 Sep. 2025
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Top 10 With records through Monday and previous rankings in parentheses.—
Jeff Vorva,
Chicago Tribune,
2 Sep. 2025
Noun
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At Trinity, an LGBTQ banner hangs in the front window.—
Lauren Costantino,
Miami Herald,
10 Sep. 2025
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While there was a launch story to tell at IFA, as the Galaxy Tab S11 tablets debuted alongside it, the earlier release offers a longer sales window.—
Ewan Spence,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The pause will last three years and could save restaurants $850 in fees annually while potentially boosting their sales.—
Chris Higgins,
Kansas City Star,
15 Sep. 2025
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People hear your tone, your pauses, your personality.—
Jodie Cook,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
Noun
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With National Socialism from 1933, however, a caesura occurred that is still unparalleled today.—
Uwe Westphal,
Sun Sentinel,
16 July 2024
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During the concert Friday night, the important silences between movements — caesuras central to the impact of the music — were consistently broken by applause.—
Luke Schulze,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
13 Mar. 2023
Noun
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While tethers on ROVs to share information with those on the surface are typically made of copper, the material could only withstand 300 feet depths before camera footage starts to experience lag, ultimately affecting the vehicle’s control.—
Amelia Wu,
Sacbee.com,
11 Sep. 2025
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Gaming feels snappy thanks to super-low input lag, so fast shooters or sports titles respond instantly.—
Shubham Yewale,
PC Magazine,
11 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Unlike missiles or shells, a laser can engage targets at the speed of light with virtually no time lag between acquisition and interception.—
Kapil Kajal,
Interesting Engineering,
3 Sep. 2025
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That meant making more editorial judgments about cutting, especially with the in-studio segments that had some time lag to them, like Paul Robalino’s Operation Snake Skin or Erika Ishii’s offer of side-shave real estate.—
Sarah Shachat,
IndieWire,
15 July 2025
Noun
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The interspace is enchanted mainly in its normalcy.—
Adam Gopnik,
The New Yorker,
17 June 2024
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Many of the bacteria at least partially survived, which helps to test one of the parameters for the theory of panspermia—that life on Earth originated somewhere else and was brought here on an asteroid or other interspace body.—
Caroline Delbert,
Popular Mechanics,
14 Sep. 2020
Noun
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Djokovic’s shots were not quite on-target early and, but for a brief interlude in the second set, his usual verve was not present.—
Howard Fendrich,
Chicago Tribune,
6 Sep. 2025
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During these floaty interludes, the team tested manual CPR and three types of automatic chest compression devices.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
6 Sep. 2025
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“Comma.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/comma. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.
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