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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
See All Example Sentences for comma
Recent Examples of Synonyms for comma
Noun
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Top 10 With records through Wednesday and previous rankings in parentheses.—
Jeff Vorva,
Chicago Tribune,
15 May 2025
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Their chances of winning the lottery are in parentheses.—
Sam Vecenie,
New York Times,
12 May 2025
Noun
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The tents have an open plan, with curtain separators and floor-to-ceiling windows.—
Heather Richardson,
Travel + Leisure,
18 May 2025
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Floor-to-ceiling windows set beneath a soaring vaulted ceiling in the living room allow an abundance of natural light to stream in.—
Demetrius Simms,
Robb Report,
18 May 2025
Noun
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Then, the White House announced that the U.S. and China have agreed to a 90 day pause in their trade war.—
David Hebert,
National Review,
16 May 2025
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However, since then, Donald Trump has initiated a 90-day pause in the U.S.-China tariff conflict, reducing U.S. tariffs on Chinese goods from 145% to 30%, while China has lowered its retaliatory tariffs on U.S. imports from 125% to 10% .—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
16 May 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
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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
Noun
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Flying home from a successful tour finale in Vancouver last year with a decent time lag before the season began was seen as ideal.—
Richard Sutcliffe,
New York Times,
13 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
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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These songs mess with interspace.—
Sheldon Pearce,
The New Yorker,
5 Oct. 2021
Noun
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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 22 May. 2025.
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