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Recent Examples of comma
Wedge heels with an inverted curve—a more extreme, exaggerated version of the comma heel—have returned in a big way.
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María Diez, Glamour, 27 Oct. 2025
But no one really cared about pitch counts in that era, which could help explain why Koufax retired in the fall of ’66 at the age of 30, having pitched his last two seasons with an arthritic condition in a left elbow that Scully once remarked looked like a comma.
—Jim Alexander, Oc Register, 8 Sep. 2025
Cooking by weight would fix this, but since volume is the American default, the comma denotes an important difference.
—Alana Al-Hatlani, Southern Living, 31 Aug. 2025
The comma conundrum reminds us that in the world of executive leadership, success often hinges on the smallest details.
—Jason Richmond, Forbes.com, 25 Aug. 2025
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María Diez, Glamour, 27 Oct. 2025
But no one really cared about pitch counts in that era, which could help explain why Koufax retired in the fall of ’66 at the age of 30, having pitched his last two seasons with an arthritic condition in a left elbow that Scully once remarked looked like a comma.
—Jim Alexander, Oc Register, 8 Sep. 2025
Cooking by weight would fix this, but since volume is the American default, the comma denotes an important difference.
—Alana Al-Hatlani, Southern Living, 31 Aug. 2025
The comma conundrum reminds us that in the world of executive leadership, success often hinges on the smallest details.
—Jason Richmond, Forbes.com, 25 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for comma
Noun
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Their year of induction is in parentheses.—
AJ Willingham,
AJC.com,
21 Jan. 2026
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Top 10 With records through Monday and previous rankings in parentheses.—
Jeff Vorva,
Chicago Tribune,
13 Jan. 2026
Noun
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His arm was pinned into the back window of a car as a suspect sped away, dragging him across the pavement for about 100 yards, according to court documents.—
Allison Gordon,
CNN Money,
9 Jan. 2026
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Good was seen in multiple videos reversing her Honda Pilot as ICE agents attempted to open her car door, then moving forward and to the right when the agent opened fire, first through the windshield and then twice through the vehicle's open window, killing the mother of three from Colorado.—
Angel Saunders,
PEOPLE,
9 Jan. 2026
Noun
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The county commissioners will hold a public hearing on the plan for Comanche Circle, and separately consider putting a temporary pause on these types of big developments.—
Elizabeth Campbell,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
13 Jan. 2026
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Hawke gives me a Harrison Ford-length pause — not out of nervousness, but genuine thought.—
David Canfield,
HollywoodReporter,
13 Jan. 2026
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
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This recent lag alone will make V stand out to investors—particularly those looking to rotate out of pricey tech stocks.—
Brett Owens,
Forbes.com,
21 Jan. 2026
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The policy change may succeed in cooling off banana prices but such shifts often take place after a lag of several months, Ortega said.—
Max Zahn,
ABC News,
20 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Since there was no time lag, the researchers argued that so fast a response had to be because the interior was liquid.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
18 Dec. 2025
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The time lag makes troubleshooting very slow and forces engineers to rely on autonomous systems and redundant hardware.—
George Petras,
USA Today,
25 Nov. 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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After a brief interlude outside for community members to reconnect, the pews filled up again.—
Camelia Heins,
Daily News,
8 Jan. 2026
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The dual album nature of the tour – along with Grande's recent acting interlude – creates seemingly endless set list options.—
Anna Kaufman,
USA Today,
5 Jan. 2026
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“Comma.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/comma. Accessed 23 Jan. 2026.
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