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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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Top 10 With records through Monday and previous rankings in parentheses.—
Rick Armstrong,
Chicago Tribune,
24 Feb. 2026
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At one point in the Symposium on Young American Men, one of the few female panelists named a statistic about suicidal thoughts among young men—then, as if in parentheses, added that the rate was even higher for women.—
Faith Hill,
The Atlantic,
23 Feb. 2026
Noun
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The suspect drove past the bar several times before stopping and shooting from the window of his SUV at people on a patio and in front of the bar, according to Austin Police Chief Lisa Davis.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
2 Mar. 2026
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Consider using Cambria as window-sill cladding, shelving for a wet bar, or even as focal-point wall installations that serve as artwork in their own right.—
Betsy Cribb Watson,
Southern Living,
1 Mar. 2026
Noun
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There's been a pause on issuing them ever since.—
Jeff Wagner,
CBS News,
27 Feb. 2026
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The Wild entered the NHL’s three-week Olympic break on a heater, going 8-1-1 in their final 10 games before the pause.—
Jess Myers,
Twin Cities,
27 Feb. 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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Comparing California’s school support to that of other states is difficult because there’s always a lag in data collection.—
Dan Walters,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
21 Feb. 2026
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The lag between solar deployment and recycling readiness for utility asset owners is the bridge OnePlanet is building.—
Georgina Jedikovska,
Interesting Engineering,
20 Feb. 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, barely noticeable, was 17 milliseconds.—
Tim Hornyak,
IEEE Spectrum,
16 Dec. 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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Two minutes in, the tab starts to hit and a kaleidoscope of harp glissandos whoosh us into an interlude as twinkly as the stars above.—
Lily Goldberg,
Pitchfork,
26 Feb. 2026
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The Northeast’s winter storm interlude—coupled with a few early signs of spring—meant that our team came prepared to brave the city’s slick streets in a series of statement outer layers, atop some clever base ones to bridge polish with practicality.—
Andrea Zendejas,
Vogue,
24 Feb. 2026
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“Comma.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/comma. Accessed 3 Mar. 2026.
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