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Recent Examples of exclamation
His statement, which horrified Americans and those watching abroad, followed days of similar exclamations, including multiple threats to destroy power plants and bridges in Iran.
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Aj Willingham, AJC.com, 8 Apr. 2026
Leon's order, which also included a number of exclamation marks, said the government must get congressional approval before continuing the project.
—Arden Farhi, CBS News, 4 Apr. 2026
One of the headiest things about Adult Braces is how West’s prose style was pickled in the mid-2010s, so her use of caps lock and exclamation marks acted on me as a powerful Proustian madeleine.
—Helen Lewis, The Atlantic, 22 Mar. 2026
Well, Tre White put an exclamation-point dunk through the hoop with 13 seconds left.
—Sam McDowell, Kansas City Star, 21 Mar. 2026
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Aj Willingham, AJC.com, 8 Apr. 2026
Leon's order, which also included a number of exclamation marks, said the government must get congressional approval before continuing the project.
—Arden Farhi, CBS News, 4 Apr. 2026
One of the headiest things about Adult Braces is how West’s prose style was pickled in the mid-2010s, so her use of caps lock and exclamation marks acted on me as a powerful Proustian madeleine.
—Helen Lewis, The Atlantic, 22 Mar. 2026
Well, Tre White put an exclamation-point dunk through the hoop with 13 seconds left.
—Sam McDowell, Kansas City Star, 21 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for exclamation
Noun
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That name has since become synonymous with the defense of one’s territory, and a rallying cry.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
7 May 2026
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The trail eventually tilts back down toward the city, where car honks and train horns replace the cries of birds and insects.—
John Metcalfe,
Mercury News,
4 May 2026
Noun
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The rest of the time, what the candidates said came off as one giant shout-fest straight out of the studios of the late, great Wally George, with everyone playing true to form.—
Gustavo Arellano,
Los Angeles Times,
6 May 2026
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Then Zas made an odd shout out to his own mentor.—
Dominic Patten,
Deadline,
6 May 2026
Noun
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Audience members quickly realized the interjection wasn’t part of the session and called for security to remove him.—
Deborah Sengupta Stith,
Austin American Statesman,
17 Mar. 2026
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Two people were arrested for disrupting the meeting with anti-CoreCivic interjections.—
Matthew Kelly,
Kansas City Star,
10 Mar. 2026
Noun
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The House galleries erupted in screams, chants, sirens, and outrage as the vote was taken.—
Terry Collins,
USA Today,
8 May 2026
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Inevitably, team evil has cooler powers, like Sindel’s scream and Kung Lao’s hat of doom, but in addition to allotting an inordinate amount of its combat time to Shao Kahn, who’s just a hulking guy with a hammer, the movie’s big visual idea is characters blasting one another with beams.—
Alison Willmore,
Vulture,
6 May 2026
Noun
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Less than 30 seconds later came the shriek of the two missiles that lanced through Turmus’ car.—
Nabih Bulos,
Los Angeles Times,
4 May 2026
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Henley's voice crested toward a shriek.—
Carly Tagen-Dye,
PEOPLE,
1 May 2026
Noun
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The very much unrated film — showing unsimulated full penetration and ejaculation — streamed from 2017 until well into 2020.—
Gustavo Turner,
HollywoodReporter,
1 Apr. 2026
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Millions of sperm can remain in the tubes, typically requiring about 20 to 30 ejaculations to clear.—
Miriam Fauzia,
Dallas Morning News,
20 Mar. 2026
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“Exclamation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/exclamation. Accessed 12 May. 2026.
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