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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The latter matter was resolved two months ago, bringing a quieter end to the entire ordeal but delivering an exclamation point nonetheless.
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Chris Gardner, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 June 2024
Often the most attractive arrangements are filled with an assortment of shapes featuring a focal flower, spiky exclamation points, mounded shapes to hold the arrangement together, greenery for filling spaces and delicate airy springs to lighten the mood.
—Dawn Pettinelli, Hartford Courant, 4 May 2024
This is a small book that places a large exclamation point on the most incriminatingly tragic dimension of Soviet history.
—Norman M. Naimark, Foreign Affairs, 1 Nov. 2010
Photo : Oliver & Clark Exclamation Dial In the early 1960s, Rolex began adding a small luminous dot below the 12 o’clock baton maker on certain watch dials, the result of which looks like an exclamation point.
—Oren Hartov, Robb Report, 4 July 2024
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Chris Gardner, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 June 2024
Often the most attractive arrangements are filled with an assortment of shapes featuring a focal flower, spiky exclamation points, mounded shapes to hold the arrangement together, greenery for filling spaces and delicate airy springs to lighten the mood.
—Dawn Pettinelli, Hartford Courant, 4 May 2024
This is a small book that places a large exclamation point on the most incriminatingly tragic dimension of Soviet history.
—Norman M. Naimark, Foreign Affairs, 1 Nov. 2010
Photo : Oliver & Clark Exclamation Dial In the early 1960s, Rolex began adding a small luminous dot below the 12 o’clock baton maker on certain watch dials, the result of which looks like an exclamation point.
—Oren Hartov, Robb Report, 4 July 2024
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“Exclamation point.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/exclamation%20point. Accessed 1 Aug. 2024.
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