comma

noun

Definition of commanext
as in parenthesis

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Recent Examples of comma The ant, curled like a comma in my palm. — Literary Hub, 18 May 2026 Remember, list all your teams in order from most wins to fewest and separated by commas. — Sean McIndoe, New York Times, 15 Apr. 2026 Square Lake looks suspiciously like a comma. — Mark Glende, Twin Cities, 3 Apr. 2026 Basically, this means a long, wavy line of thunderstorms—which can be seen trailing down from the low-pressure area in a classic comma shape on weather maps. — Andrea Thompson, Scientific American, 16 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for comma
Recent Examples of Synonyms for comma
  1. parenthesis
  2. window
  3. pause
  4. caesura
  5. lag
  6. time lag
  7. interspace
  8. interlude
Noun
  • Here’s a rundown of other transfers who should make a major impact this season (former schools in parentheses).
    — Steve Megargee, Chicago Tribune, 12 Aug. 2026
  • Their ages as of the start of next season are in parentheses.
    — Zach Harper, New York Times, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of parenthesis
Noun
  • With two weeks remaining until the summer transfer window SLAMS SHUT (or simply closes), Chelsea are set to be typically busy.
    — Liam Twomey, New York Times, 19 Aug. 2026
  • Organizations have a narrow window to turn these same tools toward defense before that gap closes.
    — Ashish Bhatia, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2026
Definition of window
Noun
  • This is lunch à la Provençale; expect a multi-course meal with pauses between courses (no, the service isn't slow).
    — Lanie Goodman, Condé Nast Traveler, 18 Aug. 2026
  • As a result, the governor has issued a variety of directives on data centers since June, including a pause on data center development and lawmakers in Texas are reacting.
    — Jack Fink, CBS News, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of pause
Noun
  • For instance, the caesura that is commonly found at the center of each line of Anglo-Saxon verse conveyed a meaning to native speakers that is lost to us today.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 20 May 2025
  • With National Socialism from 1933, however, a caesura occurred that is still unparalleled today.
    — Uwe Westphal, Sun Sentinel, 16 July 2024
Definition of caesura
Noun
  • Diesel prices rose considerably faster than gasoline, an input cost that filters into freight, food and services with a lag.
    — Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 12 Aug. 2026
  • Its cost curves and product cycles become the rest of the industry’s competitive reality with a lag.
    — Jon Markman, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of lag
Noun
  • For a while, the feedlot sector could maintain profitability because there’s about a six-month time lag between when farmers buy the calves and when they are again sold to be processed, Peel noted.
    — Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 11 Aug. 2026
  • Some of the long time lag reflected the vagaries and limitations of travel in the mid-19th century, when moving family, servants, and belongings via horse and buggy in the winter months made a longer period necessary.
    — Tracy Grant, Encyclopedia Britannica, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of time lag
Noun
  • After disc removal, the resulting interspace requires robust reconstruction to restore height, alignment, and stability.
    — Richard Menger MD MPA, Forbes.com, 8 May 2026
  • 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
Definition of interspace
Noun
  • Dreamy interludes pad the space between tracks with humming synths and strings; sometimes songs dissolve into floating mood pieces, anchored by a drone or loop.
    — Mitch Therieau, New Yorker, 14 Aug. 2026
  • Furious riding was alternated with brief, puffing interludes of listening.
    — Paul Schullery, Outdoor Life, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of interlude

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