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His new film Fatherland, like Cold War and Ida, is shot in a lustrous monochrome that turns shadows into punctuation marks and sunbeams into something holy, and that makes its performers, chief among them an incredible Sandra Hüller, look lit from within.
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Alison Willmore, Vulture, 15 May 2026
The Lakers coach couldn’t even sub fast enough before Ayton’s two-handed frustration shove of Oklahoma City guard Ajay Mitchell put a disappointing punctuation mark on a disastrous 19-second stretch for the Lakers starting center.
—Los Angeles Times, 10 May 2026
And that’s what made Franklin’s speech such a brilliant punctuation mark to the convention’s debate.
—Michael Golden, The Orlando Sentinel, 27 Feb. 2026
Herman Miller’s cushy Comma dining chair takes after the punctuation mark with an upholstered seat that invites you to pause.
—Audrey Lee, Architectural Digest, 22 Jan. 2026
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Alison Willmore, Vulture, 15 May 2026
The Lakers coach couldn’t even sub fast enough before Ayton’s two-handed frustration shove of Oklahoma City guard Ajay Mitchell put a disappointing punctuation mark on a disastrous 19-second stretch for the Lakers starting center.
—Los Angeles Times, 10 May 2026
And that’s what made Franklin’s speech such a brilliant punctuation mark to the convention’s debate.
—Michael Golden, The Orlando Sentinel, 27 Feb. 2026
Herman Miller’s cushy Comma dining chair takes after the punctuation mark with an upholstered seat that invites you to pause.
—Audrey Lee, Architectural Digest, 22 Jan. 2026
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“Punctuation mark.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/punctuation%20mark. Accessed 21 May. 2026.
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punctuation mark
noun
: any of various marks or signs used in punctuation
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