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Recent Examples of comma
The only difference between that ominous sentence and the one that originally appeared in the paper on Oct. 18, 1924, is the comma that now separates the two halves.
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Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 22 Nov. 2024
In response to Melissa McCarthy posting a photo of herself and her husband on Instagram, Streisand asked the question on everyone’s mind, without even using a comma to separate the independent clause.
—Anne Victoria Clark, Vulture, 24 Dec. 2024
That pitcher would preferably sign a contract without too many zeros and commas.
—Grant Brisbee, The Athletic, 8 Jan. 2025
Define each line as a piece of integral logic, mostly where the commas occur.
—Jerry Weissman, Forbes, 30 Nov. 2024
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Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 22 Nov. 2024
In response to Melissa McCarthy posting a photo of herself and her husband on Instagram, Streisand asked the question on everyone’s mind, without even using a comma to separate the independent clause.
—Anne Victoria Clark, Vulture, 24 Dec. 2024
That pitcher would preferably sign a contract without too many zeros and commas.
—Grant Brisbee, The Athletic, 8 Jan. 2025
Define each line as a piece of integral logic, mostly where the commas occur.
—Jerry Weissman, Forbes, 30 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for comma
Noun
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Top 10 With records through Tuesday and previous rankings in parentheses.—
Steve Millar,
Chicago Tribune,
26 Mar. 2025
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San Diego Union-Tribune Girls Basketball Rankings First-place votes in parentheses; points awarded on a 10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 basis: Team; Record; Points; Last 1.—
Steve Brand,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
3 Mar. 2025
Noun
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An individual or individuals smashed windows, painted Cybertruck windshields with large red X’s and tried to ignite a fire.—
Jonathan Limehouse,
USA TODAY,
19 Mar. 2025
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Across seven transfer windows since being bought by PIF in October 2021, Newcastle have spent around £400million ($520m) in the transfer market, signing Alexander Isak, Sandro Tonali, Bruno Guimaraes, Anthony Gordon, Kieran Trippier and others.—
Oliver Kay,
The Athletic,
19 Mar. 2025
Noun
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And with Russia’s Vladimir Putin failing to agree to a full pause in the fighting with Ukraine, signs point to a continuing war and uncertain American support for Ukraine.—
Ella Polak,
Mercury News,
27 Mar. 2025
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The only things that would give him pause are if crossing the border becomes more of a hassle or the Canadian dollar were to take a hit.—
Matthew Fairburn,
New York Times,
26 Mar. 2025
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With National Socialism from 1933, however, a caesura occurred that is still unparalleled today.—
Uwe Westphal,
Sun Sentinel,
16 July 2024
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During the concert Friday night, the important silences between movements — caesuras central to the impact of the music — were consistently broken by applause.—
Luke Schulze,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
13 Mar. 2023
Noun
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Alex Condon beat me at 2K, but the input lag on the TV was going on.—
Lindsay Schnell,
New York Times,
27 Mar. 2025
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Though this latter feature presumably increases the TVs’ input lag, and so likely won’t be a good option to activate for fast-reaction games such as Call Of Duty.—
John Archer,
Forbes.com,
27 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Having the FPVs with the assault troops cuts that time lag to seconds.—
David Hambling,
Forbes,
27 Feb. 2025
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The researchers have already developed and begun testing several different versions of sweat sensors beyond the one described last week; a consequence of the time lag between publishing research results and making progress in the lab.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
28 Nov. 2016
Noun
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The interspace is enchanted mainly in its normalcy.—
Adam Gopnik,
The New Yorker,
17 June 2024
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These songs mess with interspace.—
Sheldon Pearce,
The New Yorker,
5 Oct. 2021
Noun
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Along the way, there was an over-the-top, head-scratching marching band interlude and a bloody brawl.—
Mary McNamara,
Los Angeles Times,
21 Mar. 2025
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This straightforward plot is often broken up by poetic interludes, made up of languid shots of a changing cityscape.—
Siddhant Adlakha,
Variety,
17 Mar. 2025
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“Comma.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/comma. Accessed 2 Apr. 2025.
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