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Recent Examples of comma
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.
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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
Dover Street Market, which sits on the border of the NoMad and Murray Hill neighborhoods, is a seven-floor retail oasis of hypebeast brands, exclusive collaborations and runway-level looks with prices that have commas.
—Gerald Narciso, New York Times, 6 Jan. 2025
The latter outlines their technology stack and even affirms a corporate commitment to the Oxford comma.
—Phil Kirschner, Forbes, 25 Feb. 2025
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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
Dover Street Market, which sits on the border of the NoMad and Murray Hill neighborhoods, is a seven-floor retail oasis of hypebeast brands, exclusive collaborations and runway-level looks with prices that have commas.
—Gerald Narciso, New York Times, 6 Jan. 2025
The latter outlines their technology stack and even affirms a corporate commitment to the Oxford comma.
—Phil Kirschner, Forbes, 25 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for comma
Noun
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Top 10 With records through Monday and previous rankings in parentheses.—
Paul Johnson,
Chicago Tribune,
22 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,
21 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Rather, its downstream revenues and subsequent home windows must be taken into account.—
Anthony D'Alessandro,
Deadline,
24 Apr. 2025
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This means that, so far, marketers have a limited window to influence how LLMs present their brand in the mix.—
Ivan Guzenko,
Forbes.com,
24 Apr. 2025
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This marks the end of a yearslong pause that began at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic.—
Josh Hammer,
MSNBC Newsweek,
22 Apr. 2025
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Listen to this article The Adams administration’s move to put federal immigration authorities on Rikers Island is on pause, with a judge ruling Monday that the administration can’t take any steps towards a formal agreement until a court hearing later this week.—
Chris Sommerfeldt,
New York Daily News,
21 Apr. 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
Noun
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This lag means that professionals may be learning outdated security strategies.—
Amarandhar Kotha,
Forbes.com,
17 Apr. 2025
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There is a lag between when transactions enter the backlog and deals are announced and the time that Goldman records revenue, Solomon explained.—
Kevin Stankiewicz,
CNBC,
14 Apr. 2025
Noun
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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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Having the FPVs with the assault troops cuts that time lag to seconds.—
David Hambling,
Forbes,
27 Feb. 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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Goosed by a couple gratuitous interludes of gory amateur surgery, the movie is eventful, with a high body count.—
Dennis Harvey,
Variety,
11 Apr. 2025
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On the original album, the title track is a brief, reflective interlude, played as a solo-free duet between Jarrett on piano and Jan Garbarek on tenor.—
Hank Shteamer,
New York Times,
25 Mar. 2025
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“Comma.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/comma. Accessed 2 May. 2025.
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