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Recent Examples of exclamation
If those photographs, an implicit quest for a self-image, form a kind of question mark, what comes next in the show has the impact of an exclamation mark: a self-portrait from 1950, in which Varda sports the bowl cut that would be a trademark for the rest of her life.
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Richard Brody, New Yorker, 15 July 2025
Rafaela delivered the exclamation mark again in Sunday’s 4-1 win over the Tampa Bay Rays, following his go-ahead knock on Thursday and his walk-off home run on Friday with a two-run shot in the bottom of the sixth that capped a three-run rally.
—Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 13 July 2025
Rafaela delivered the exclamation mark again in Sunday’s 4-1 win over the Tampa Bay Rays, following his go-ahead knock on Thursday and his walk-off home run on Friday with a two-run shot in the bottom of the sixth that capped off a three-run rally.
—Mac Cerullo, Hartford Courant, 13 July 2025
There are three large exclamation marks at the end, with their dots dangling below them.
—Literary Hub, 11 July 2025
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Richard Brody, New Yorker, 15 July 2025
Rafaela delivered the exclamation mark again in Sunday’s 4-1 win over the Tampa Bay Rays, following his go-ahead knock on Thursday and his walk-off home run on Friday with a two-run shot in the bottom of the sixth that capped a three-run rally.
—Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 13 July 2025
Rafaela delivered the exclamation mark again in Sunday’s 4-1 win over the Tampa Bay Rays, following his go-ahead knock on Thursday and his walk-off home run on Friday with a two-run shot in the bottom of the sixth that capped off a three-run rally.
—Mac Cerullo, Hartford Courant, 13 July 2025
There are three large exclamation marks at the end, with their dots dangling below them.
—Literary Hub, 11 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for exclamation
Noun
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And yet, despite serving as a rallying cry among Democrats nationally, this gambit by Texas Democrats is going to fail if history is to be a guide.—
Philip Elliott,
Time,
4 Aug. 2025
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Melancholic nylon guitars, murmuring bongos, and the distant cry of a trumpet create a vibe that sounds timeless — the magic is undeniable.—
Tere Aguilera,
Billboard,
1 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Plamondon gave a shout out to pinot grigio from Friuli, viognier and riesling in multiple styles and climates.—
Devin Parr,
Forbes.com,
5 Aug. 2025
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Just wanted to give a very sweet shout out to the lady with the long dark hair who works at Scoop in Celebration.—
Joe Rassel,
The Orlando Sentinel,
3 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Scoffs could be heard at points on both sides and multiple audience members made loud, sometimes profane interjections at various assertions from Walton, Kennedy and Suarez.—
Sean Campbell,
Sacbee.com,
14 Aug. 2025
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Chase and Ibarra may, for instance, begin a dialogue as nervous chit-chat with staccato flute interjections with drummed responses that soon turn to broad expressions of wonder.—
Mark Swed,
Los Angeles Times,
12 June 2025
Noun
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On an unseasonably cool August evening with scattered rain clouds in the area, the screams of several dozen people would soon fill the air near the banks of the Missouri River.—
Dominick Williams
August 6,
Kansas City Star,
6 Aug. 2025
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The scream, the adults in the living room knocking over chairs and flying towards the terrace, Mr. Tiago and the boy’s father diving in with their clothes on and everything, the women standing at the pool’s edge in panic, crying.—
Hazlitt,
Hazlitt,
6 Aug. 2025
Noun
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After a brief chat with the other players in my group, we are whisked down stairs and along corridors – whose décor is akin to that found in a Scottish castle – passing doors from which come shrieks of denunciation and denial.—
Leo Barraclough,
Variety,
4 Aug. 2025
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In one particularly raw moment, a woman studying the photographs let out a sudden shriek.—
Michael Dorgan,
FOXNews.com,
12 July 2025
Noun
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The boat rose on end, and her bows were buried in an instant; a hurried ejaculation, at once shriek and prayer, rose to the lips of the bravest when, unexpected mercy!—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
12 Aug. 2025
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Other signs are pain during ejaculation or a decrease in the amount of semen.—
Julie Scott,
People.com,
8 July 2025
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“Exclamation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/exclamation. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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