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Recent Examples of parenthesis Teams are listed with first-place votes in parentheses, results from their Kickoff Classic preseason game, and next game. Chris Hays, The Orlando Sentinel, 20 Aug. 2025 The stats in parentheses reflect Maye’s camp-long performance. Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 18 Aug. 2025 The number of points received is in parentheses. Shaun Goodwin, Idaho Statesman, 11 Aug. 2025 The full preseason All-ACC team is below, with the total number of votes received in parenthesis. Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 31 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for parenthesis
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Noun
  • Compared to its shorter-interval workouts, for example, the Norwegian 4x4 is especially effective at raising VO2 max and, in turn, at building endurance, experts previously told SELF.
    Marissa Gold, SELF, 9 Oct. 2025
  • In a viral video, fitness coach Eugene Teo explains this method of interval-style walking, which involves alternating between walking fast for three minutes and walking slow for three minutes, for five sets in half an hour.
    Marisa McMillan, Outside, 7 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Sponsors assume no responsibility for any error, omissions, interruption, deletion, defect or delay in operation with transmission, communications, line failure, theft or destruction or unauthorized access to or allegation of submissions.
    CNN Money, CNN Money, 16 Oct. 2025
  • As for closures and travel interruptions, Pirek said the only stoppages that will occur are some trains at Camp Pendleton.
    Washington Examiner Staff, The Washington Examiner, 16 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • He has been nominated twice before in the Younger Actor category in 2005 and 2006, and has held the role since 2004 with one brief hiatus.
    Liza Esquibias, PEOPLE, 18 Oct. 2025
  • However, with Bill Belichick recently making his own return to coaching at the same age after a brief hiatus, speculation naturally will continue to swirl around Saban whenever major jobs open up at the collegiate level.
    Cole Sullivan, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • And a lot of the pseudepigrapha, like the fake gospels and fake apocalypses, fill in gaps in the record that can serve latter-day, post-biblical purposes.
    JSTOR Daily, JSTOR Daily, 16 Oct. 2025
  • The age gap between their characters was also something thought out by screenwriters David Swift, Charles Shyer, and Nancy Meyers (who also served as the film's director).
    Stephanie Wenger, PEOPLE, 15 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The American president was in his element, often departing from prepared remarks in an address that extended for an hour in front of a crowd that was more than happy to applaud at every pause.
    Tal Shalev, CNN Money, 13 Oct. 2025
  • Sometimes, a long pause in stalking behavior is a tactic designed to create more fear by allowing the victim to drop their guard before restarting the behavior, said Aims Babich, director of survivor services at SafeHouse Denver, an emergency shelter for survivors of domestic violence.
    Shelly Bradbury, Denver Post, 13 Oct. 2025

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“Parenthesis.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/parenthesis. Accessed 19 Oct. 2025.

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