exclamation point
noun
1
: a mark ! used especially after an interjection or exclamation to indicate forceful utterance or strong feeling
2
: a distinctive indication of major significance, interest, or contrast
the game put an exclamation point on the season
called also exclamation mark
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Still, Tuesday’s announcement was an exclamation point at the end of a strange and extraordinary saga in Johnson County.
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Jonathan Shorman, Kansas City Star, 5 Feb. 2025
But the moment could be the exclamation point on an unexpected mainstream return if Charli emerges from Grammy night as the biggest winner and paints the ceremony Brat-green.
—Jason Lipshutz, Billboard, 31 Jan. 2025
Congestion pricing’s first month has offered New Yorkers plenty of immediate ways to measure its impact: their E-ZPass bills, the decrease in honk-inducing gridlock outside their windows, the number of exclamation points in a bridge-and-tunnel uncle’s Facebook posts.
—Dan Greene, The New Yorker, 27 Jan. 2025
Roki Sasaki might have been the exclamation point on yet another big Dodgers offseason.
—Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 20 Jan. 2025
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Jonathan Shorman, Kansas City Star, 5 Feb. 2025
But the moment could be the exclamation point on an unexpected mainstream return if Charli emerges from Grammy night as the biggest winner and paints the ceremony Brat-green.
—Jason Lipshutz, Billboard, 31 Jan. 2025
Congestion pricing’s first month has offered New Yorkers plenty of immediate ways to measure its impact: their E-ZPass bills, the decrease in honk-inducing gridlock outside their windows, the number of exclamation points in a bridge-and-tunnel uncle’s Facebook posts.
—Dan Greene, The New Yorker, 27 Jan. 2025
Roki Sasaki might have been the exclamation point on yet another big Dodgers offseason.
—Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 20 Jan. 2025
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“Exclamation point.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/exclamation%20point. Accessed 14 Feb. 2025.
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