comma

noun

Definition of commanext
as in parenthesis

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Recent Examples of comma The ant, curled like a comma in my palm. — Literary Hub, 18 May 2026 Remember, list all your teams in order from most wins to fewest and separated by commas. — Sean McIndoe, New York Times, 15 Apr. 2026 Square Lake looks suspiciously like a comma. — Mark Glende, Twin Cities, 3 Apr. 2026 Basically, this means a long, wavy line of thunderstorms—which can be seen trailing down from the low-pressure area in a classic comma shape on weather maps. — Andrea Thompson, Scientific American, 16 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for comma
Recent Examples of Synonyms for comma
  1. parenthesis
  2. window
  3. pause
  4. caesura
  5. lag
  6. time lag
  7. interspace
  8. interlude
Noun
  • The tutor recognized the expression, asked him to clarify his parentheses, and guided him through a second application of the difference-of-squares pattern.
    — Ray Ravaglia, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026
  • The number in parentheses after each player’s name indicates the round in which he was taken — CBA equals Competitive Balance Round A, which comes after the first round, and CBB equals Competitive Balance Round B, which comes after the second round.
    — Keith Law, New York Times, 16 July 2026
Definition of parenthesis
Noun
  • Tournament football isn’t generally conducive to pressing, with so many matches squeezed into such a short window, and without the cohesion that comes from club sides training together for months.
    — Michael Cox, New York Times, 22 July 2026
  • That stacks up against the 176 conventional seawalls permitted by Fort Lauderdale in the same window where the church applied for one, the church said.
    — Alex Harris, Miami Herald, 22 July 2026
Definition of window
Noun
  • Both contracts tumbled on Monday, posting their largest declines in several weeks, after an apparent pause in strikes between the US and Iran.
    — Mustafa Qadri, CNN Money, 28 July 2026
  • Markets have broadly responded positively to the pause, with stocks rallying and oil prices falling on Monday, with sentiment buoyed by the potential for a lasting peace agreement.
    — Mike Sheen, CNBC, 28 July 2026
Definition of pause
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  • For instance, the caesura that is commonly found at the center of each line of Anglo-Saxon verse conveyed a meaning to native speakers that is lost to us today.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 20 May 2025
  • With National Socialism from 1933, however, a caesura occurred that is still unparalleled today.
    — Uwe Westphal, Sun Sentinel, 16 July 2024
Definition of caesura
Noun
  • Whether higher denial rates for naturalization are linked to the new civics test for applicants filing on or after October 2o is not known, given the lag time between filing an application and scheduling the test is typically several months.
    — Stuart Anderson, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026
  • While a one-second response lag is acceptable in text chat, that same pause feels awkward and disruptive in spoken conversation.
    — Sebastian Herrera, Fortune, 27 July 2026
Definition of lag
Noun
  • Satellite data is available consistently but has a time lag.
    — Monica Sanders, Forbes.com, 18 June 2026
  • The time lag breaks momentum, and people who are unfamiliar with design begin to settle.
    — Nia Bowers, USA Today, 27 Apr. 2026
Definition of time lag
Noun
  • After disc removal, the resulting interspace requires robust reconstruction to restore height, alignment, and stability.
    — Richard Menger MD MPA, Forbes.com, 8 May 2026
  • 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
Definition of interspace
Noun
  • These desperate struggles against the encroaching elements are merely a brief interlude before the situation unravels into a disaster of an entirely different magnitude.
    — Leo Barraclough, Variety, 24 July 2026
  • There was a brief, disconcerting interlude of quiet from the Argentina fans after that.
    — Sam Knight, New Yorker, 20 July 2026
Definition of interlude

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