quotation mark
noun
: one of a pair of punctuation marks " " or ' ' used chiefly to indicate the beginning and the end of a quotation in which the exact phraseology of another or of a text is directly cited
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Commas and quotation marks wink from around the room.
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Thao Thai, Southern Living, 5 Apr. 2025
Fixed an issue where messages containing quotation marks sometimes might fail to send.
—Raja Krishnamoorthi, Newsweek, 13 Mar. 2025
Yet even this slightly less dissatisfied Shauna (played superbly as always by Melanie Lynskey) goes through life in quotation marks.
—Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 Feb. 2025
To find them now, open Gmail and search for the phrase in:chats (using no quotation marks).
—Lily Hay Newman, WIRED, 1 Jan. 2025
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Thao Thai, Southern Living, 5 Apr. 2025
Fixed an issue where messages containing quotation marks sometimes might fail to send.
—Raja Krishnamoorthi, Newsweek, 13 Mar. 2025
Yet even this slightly less dissatisfied Shauna (played superbly as always by Melanie Lynskey) goes through life in quotation marks.
—Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 Feb. 2025
To find them now, open Gmail and search for the phrase in:chats (using no quotation marks).
—Lily Hay Newman, WIRED, 1 Jan. 2025
See All Example Sentences for quotation mark
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“Quotation mark.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/quotation%20mark. Accessed 14 Apr. 2025.
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