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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In some ways it was set up to fail from the moment those infamous quotation marks around the title were revealed; an attempt by Fennell to get ahead of the very criticisms that have been published this week.
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Leah Dolan, CNN Money, 12 Feb. 2026
Emerald Fennell is reminding skeptics why there are quotation marks around the title of her Wuthering Heights adaptation.
—Alejandra Gularte, Vulture, 29 Jan. 2026
Play close attention to those quotation marks.
—Miami Herald, 13 Jan. 2026
Wal-Mart Stores, 564 U.S. at 360 (internal quotation marks omitted).
—New York Times, 2 Dec. 2025
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Leah Dolan, CNN Money, 12 Feb. 2026
Emerald Fennell is reminding skeptics why there are quotation marks around the title of her Wuthering Heights adaptation.
—Alejandra Gularte, Vulture, 29 Jan. 2026
Play close attention to those quotation marks.
—Miami Herald, 13 Jan. 2026
Wal-Mart Stores, 564 U.S. at 360 (internal quotation marks omitted).
—New York Times, 2 Dec. 2025
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“Quotation mark.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/quotation%20mark. Accessed 14 Feb. 2026.
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