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punctuated each and every word of his denial with a pound of his fist on the table
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Recent Examples of punctuated
Sarr, in contrast, was a 6-foot-8 sparkplug during Duke’s game-deciding run, punctuated by a full-court steal-and-slam that caused Blue Devil fans to erupt and forced Davis to call a timeout.
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Brendan Marks, New York Times, 8 Mar. 2026
Like much of the Coens’ work, these are tragedies tinged with mordant humor and punctuated by the bleakest twists of fate.
—Sezin Devi Keohler, Entertainment Weekly, 7 Mar. 2026
From that day to this, the relationship between Iran and the United States has been a slow-burning war punctuated by attacks, talks, deals, attacks, and more talks.
—Susan Shelley, Oc Register, 7 Mar. 2026
Ricciardia documents his final journey with an acerbic sense of humor, punctuated by Benna’s stop-motion animation.
—Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 6 Mar. 2026
Miami rebuilt the margin to 16 points via a 7-0 run punctuated by two free throws from Donaldson.
—Field Level Media, Miami Herald, 5 Mar. 2026
Visiting a Hindu temple and other local businesses, the Princess of Wales punctuated her all-white look with $130 earrings by Sézane, which were reportedly gifted to her as a Christmas present by her husband, Prince William.
—Hannah Malach, InStyle, 5 Mar. 2026
In addition to all the vases and tissue boxes Stephan recommends, make sure your book collection is punctuated with decorative bookends.
—Stephanie Osmanski, Better Homes & Gardens, 4 Mar. 2026
Senior Ashton Hobson, the state runner-up at 150, punctuated things with a technical fall at 157.
—Patrick Z. McGavin, Chicago Tribune, 2 Mar. 2026
Brendan Marks, New York Times, 8 Mar. 2026
Like much of the Coens’ work, these are tragedies tinged with mordant humor and punctuated by the bleakest twists of fate.
—Sezin Devi Keohler, Entertainment Weekly, 7 Mar. 2026
From that day to this, the relationship between Iran and the United States has been a slow-burning war punctuated by attacks, talks, deals, attacks, and more talks.
—Susan Shelley, Oc Register, 7 Mar. 2026
Ricciardia documents his final journey with an acerbic sense of humor, punctuated by Benna’s stop-motion animation.
—Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 6 Mar. 2026
Miami rebuilt the margin to 16 points via a 7-0 run punctuated by two free throws from Donaldson.
—Field Level Media, Miami Herald, 5 Mar. 2026
Visiting a Hindu temple and other local businesses, the Princess of Wales punctuated her all-white look with $130 earrings by Sézane, which were reportedly gifted to her as a Christmas present by her husband, Prince William.
—Hannah Malach, InStyle, 5 Mar. 2026
In addition to all the vases and tissue boxes Stephan recommends, make sure your book collection is punctuated with decorative bookends.
—Stephanie Osmanski, Better Homes & Gardens, 4 Mar. 2026
Senior Ashton Hobson, the state runner-up at 150, punctuated things with a technical fall at 157.
—Patrick Z. McGavin, Chicago Tribune, 2 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for punctuated
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Earlier in the school year, BPS officials highlighted gains in chronic absenteeism — defined as students missing 10% or more of school days a year — across nearly all grade levels and student groups in the 2024-25 year from the previous year.—
Grace Zokovitch,
Boston Herald,
10 Mar. 2026
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When Biden dropped out and Kamala Harris became the Democratic nominee, pundits highlighted that influencers were now molding the cultural conversation across the country.—
Jay Stahl,
USA Today,
10 Mar. 2026
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Wasserman Schultz emphasized that her biggest concern is the dark web, where networks of predators buy and sell child pornography while evading detection.—
Shira Moolten,
Sun Sentinel,
10 Mar. 2026
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Lilienthal emphasized that robots require physical, real-world data to understand movement and interaction with objects.—
Georgina Jedikovska,
Interesting Engineering,
10 Mar. 2026
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Atom Power isn’t pivoting to data centers so much as expanding in the industry, Atom Power leaders stressed.—
Charlotte Observer,
Charlotte Observer,
11 Mar. 2026
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The Denver event, like so much art of the early 2020s, was born of postponements, fits and starts, tests, masks, stressed performers and all the other COVID restrictions and scrambled audience perceptions.—
Chris Jones,
Chicago Tribune,
11 Mar. 2026
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The 2020 Democratic presidential primary, the party's last open nominating contest, featured a rush to the left as candidates raced to embrace far-reaching ideas including Medicare-for-all, the Green New Deal and aggressive taxes on billionaires.—
JEFF STEIN THE WASHINGTON POST,
Arkansas Online,
6 Mar. 2026
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All products featured on Vogue are independently selected by our editors.—
Conçetta Ciarlo,
Vogue,
6 Mar. 2026
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