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Recent Examples of exclamation
Stafford bravely let our first newspaper prototype go, and there was a collective sigh of relief and joyous exclamation when our kite flew.
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Jaclyn Cosgrove,
Los Angeles Times,
3 May 2026
The deck is silent but for the clicking of cameras and the low buzz of exclamations as a new set of lights appear.
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Heather Greenwood Davis,
Condé Nast Traveler,
27 Apr. 2026
On a runway, dancers duckwalk and spin, stick their hands in the air and wiggle their fingers, then drop into splits and shoot their legs into the air like exclamation marks.
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Emily Nussbaum,
New Yorker,
16 Apr. 2026
Their callouts vacillated from descriptions riddled with scientific jargon to exclamations of awe and joy.
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Stephen Clark,
ArsTechnica,
9 Apr. 2026
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Jaclyn Cosgrove,
Los Angeles Times,
3 May 2026
The deck is silent but for the clicking of cameras and the low buzz of exclamations as a new set of lights appear.
—
Heather Greenwood Davis,
Condé Nast Traveler,
27 Apr. 2026
On a runway, dancers duckwalk and spin, stick their hands in the air and wiggle their fingers, then drop into splits and shoot their legs into the air like exclamation marks.
—
Emily Nussbaum,
New Yorker,
16 Apr. 2026
Their callouts vacillated from descriptions riddled with scientific jargon to exclamations of awe and joy.
—
Stephen Clark,
ArsTechnica,
9 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for exclamation
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For some, the good news started with a whisper — or a baby’s cry.
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Such efforts at avoidance would lead to cries to apply payroll taxes to non-salary incomes such as dividends.
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As the judge read out the sentences, shouts of protest rang out from the defendants’ box.
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The second option for the same vowel appears instead in words like hour, shout and found.
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The Intelligence Committee was expected to vote on Clayton's nomination as soon as Thursday before the president's interjection.
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In braids and a bright yellow fishing bib, with her dog Claude at her side and a witty interjection always on the tip of her tongue, Maude climbs onto her trusty little boat and sets a course for the open sea.
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After seeing their brows bleached for the first time at our shoot, Megan and Daniela’s excited screams cause everyone’s heads to whip toward the glam room in a mixture of both fear and curiosity.
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No matter what Bedard or Blackhawks management say in public about contract negotiations, there can be no mistaking the scream of desperation emanating from the Byram acquisition.
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Less than 30 seconds later came the shriek of the two missiles that lanced through Turmus’ car.
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Henley's voice crested toward a shriek.
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Research has found that doing pelvic floor exercises can help with erectile dysfunction, premature ejaculation, and urinary incontinence, especially after prostate surgery.
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The very much unrated film — showing unsimulated full penetration and ejaculation — streamed from 2017 until well into 2020.
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“Exclamation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/exclamation. Accessed 30 Jun. 2026.
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