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Recent Examples of comma
For one, the total uses a comma instead of a period.
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David Phelan, Forbes.com, 5 Apr. 2025
Now, my prayer is that this news will be but a comma in the HTDA story, not a period.
—Hilary Lewis, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 Feb. 2025
To read more about the world’s richest individuals, check out a roundup of newbies to the three comma club here, an accounting of the world’s richest celebrities here, the full package here.
—Maggie McGrath, Forbes.com, 4 Apr. 2025
In a series of three or more terms, add a comma after each term except the last.
—Eli Grober, The New Yorker, 24 Mar. 2025
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David Phelan, Forbes.com, 5 Apr. 2025
Now, my prayer is that this news will be but a comma in the HTDA story, not a period.
—Hilary Lewis, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 Feb. 2025
To read more about the world’s richest individuals, check out a roundup of newbies to the three comma club here, an accounting of the world’s richest celebrities here, the full package here.
—Maggie McGrath, Forbes.com, 4 Apr. 2025
In a series of three or more terms, add a comma after each term except the last.
—Eli Grober, The New Yorker, 24 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for comma
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Top 10 With records through Wednesday and previous rankings in parentheses.—
Jeff Vorva,
Chicago Tribune,
30 Apr. 2025
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Listen to this article San Diego Union-Tribune High School Baseball Poll (First-place votes in parentheses; points awarded on a 10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 basis) Team; Record; Points; Last 1.—
John Maffei,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
28 Apr. 2025
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There is room to walk around in transit, and the windows are large enough to take pictures during the journey.—
James Morris,
Forbes.com,
3 May 2025
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Suspicious Package Detonated in ‘Controlled Explosion’ Outside U.S. Embassy in London, Say Police Photos from the blast show several storefronts and vehicles damaged from the impact, with the windows blown off.—
Escher Walcott,
People.com,
3 May 2025
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And sometimes, a pause that lingers a moment longer than expected can speak louder than any update.—
Vibhas Ratanjee,
Forbes.com,
3 May 2025
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Join 87 others in the comments View Comments The survey was conducted from April 17 to 24, after the White House first announced expansive new tariffs on dozens of countries, and then called a pause on many of them.—
Elisabeth Buchwald,
CNN Money,
2 May 2025
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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
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Past issues of this blog have discussed the shortcomings of the BLS’ CPI calculation, especially the long lag in the highly weighted (35%) rental component of the index.—
Robert Barone,
Forbes.com,
13 May 2025
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Digital checkouts are also up 239% compared to rates before the pandemic — an increase that McKee said has helped compensate for the ongoing lag in physical visits to libraries in recent years.—
Katie Lauer,
Mercury News,
7 May 2025
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This comparatively small genetic decline occurred whilst the species experienced a greater than 99% reduction in population size over the same time period, suggesting there is a time lag between demographic collapse and genetic erosion.—
GrrlScientist,
Forbes.com,
28 Apr. 2025
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According to her research, traditional fashion weeks lead to overproduction, and the time lag between the reveal of designs during traditional fashion weeks and availability leads to a disconnect that alienates young generations.—
Miles Socha,
Footwear News,
27 Mar. 2025
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The interspace is enchanted mainly in its normalcy.—
Adam Gopnik,
The New Yorker,
17 June 2024
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These songs mess with interspace.—
Sheldon Pearce,
The New Yorker,
5 Oct. 2021
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Their romance proceeds in soft focus with a soundtrack of accelerated heartbeats and musical interludes, as well as pretty camera shots of raindrops flashing in the sun.—
Joan MacDonald,
Forbes.com,
9 May 2025
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Without her usual cohorts at the NYPD, Elsbeth lays out her suspects using a good old-fashioned musical interlude, performed by the Merry Murderesses in Elsbeth’s cell block (Parker, Gershon, Retta, Milano and Lail).—
Hunter Ingram,
Variety,
9 May 2025
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“Comma.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/comma. Accessed 19 May. 2025.
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