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Recent Examples of comma
Here is a mom falling over cackling at the comma-rich DM her extremely funny daughter, Mandy Brooke, sent to Lil Wayne.
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Julie Klausner, Vulture, 11 Dec. 2025
The swim tracks were likely imprinted when the theropods scratched the bottom of the water with their middle toe, resulting in grooves that appear straight or curved, like a comma, the researchers noted.
—Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 5 Dec. 2025
Silver streaked the black comma of his fringe.
—Carly Tagen-Dye, PEOPLE, 10 Nov. 2025
Wedge heels with an inverted curve—a more extreme, exaggerated version of the comma heel—have returned in a big way.
—María Diez, Glamour, 27 Oct. 2025
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Julie Klausner, Vulture, 11 Dec. 2025
The swim tracks were likely imprinted when the theropods scratched the bottom of the water with their middle toe, resulting in grooves that appear straight or curved, like a comma, the researchers noted.
—Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 5 Dec. 2025
Silver streaked the black comma of his fringe.
—Carly Tagen-Dye, PEOPLE, 10 Nov. 2025
Wedge heels with an inverted curve—a more extreme, exaggerated version of the comma heel—have returned in a big way.
—María Diez, Glamour, 27 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for comma
Noun
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Top 10 With records through Wednesday and previous records in parentheses.—
Steve Millar,
Chicago Tribune,
2 Apr. 2026
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And that, Sachin explained, was the last Sachin had seen of Rajesh, who was killed in one of the most brutal assaults on an American base during the war, his life canceled in a weird parenthesis, a nowhere land between nations.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
11 Mar. 2026
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And, Jordan’s Furniture, which was going to comp items purchased within a month-long window if both the UConn men and women reached their national championship games, may yet be on the hook for millions.—
Dom Amore,
Hartford Courant,
30 Mar. 2026
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The night of the crash, investigators say the Black Hawk crew was relying on what's called visual separation, literally just looking out the window to avoid nearby passenger jets.—
Sharyn Alfonsi,
CBS News,
29 Mar. 2026
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After a pause earlier this month to make way for the WGA talks, negotiation are set to pick up with the Sean Astin-run SAG-AFTRA in June, if not sooner.—
Dominic Patten,
Deadline,
4 Apr. 2026
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Instead of plowing ahead with the current design, perhaps a pause is warranted.—
DP Opinion,
Denver Post,
4 Apr. 2026
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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
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With a 165Hz refresh rate, the monitor minimizes lag and screen-tearing, making the overall gameplay feel smoother.—
George Yang,
PC Magazine,
31 Mar. 2026
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Some of these can be tracked by looking at how research is cited in patent applications, but this additional diffusion can introduce its own lag of 10 years or more.—
Ross Andersen,
The Atlantic,
27 Mar. 2026
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Since there was no time lag, the researchers argued that so fast a response had to be because the interior was liquid.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
18 Dec. 2025
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The time lag, barely noticeable, was 17 milliseconds.—
Tim Hornyak,
IEEE Spectrum,
16 Dec. 2025
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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Many of the bacteria at least partially survived, which helps to test one of the parameters for the theory of panspermia—that life on Earth originated somewhere else and was brought here on an asteroid or other interspace body.—
Caroline Delbert,
Popular Mechanics,
14 Sep. 2020
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Her dancers practice an interlude without her, presumably built into the show to give her a water break, and Cardi watches, taking notice of the erotic noises that make up the soundtrack.—
Jazmine Hughes,
Allure,
24 Mar. 2026
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The vacation serves as a stylish interlude for the singer, who has been documenting the festivities and her own vacation looks for her Instagram followers.—
Danielle Minnetian,
FOXNews.com,
24 Mar. 2026
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“Comma.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/comma. Accessed 5 Apr. 2026.
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