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Recent Examples of exclamation
Mayor Mamdani on Friday sounded off against ICE and issued an executive order aimed at putting an exclamation on point on the city’s existing sanctuary policies.
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Josephine Stratman, New York Daily News, 6 Feb. 2026
Listeners replied with claps and exclamations of eager agreement.
—Madeline King, Chicago Tribune, 18 Jan. 2026
Which is why that exclamation mark exists.
—Brian Truitt, USA Today, 15 Jan. 2026
The breakfast nook is the open plan’s exclamation mark.
—Betsy Cribb Watson, Southern Living, 12 Jan. 2026
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Josephine Stratman, New York Daily News, 6 Feb. 2026
Listeners replied with claps and exclamations of eager agreement.
—Madeline King, Chicago Tribune, 18 Jan. 2026
Which is why that exclamation mark exists.
—Brian Truitt, USA Today, 15 Jan. 2026
The breakfast nook is the open plan’s exclamation mark.
—Betsy Cribb Watson, Southern Living, 12 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for exclamation
Noun
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Sean said the dogs knocked his mother to the ground and continued attacking her as a passerby, who heard her cries from about a block away, rushed over on a bicycle to help.—
Angelique Brenes,
PEOPLE,
2 Apr. 2026
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Amazingly, there didn’t seem to be a single boo or any cries of dissent.—
Andy Greene,
Rolling Stone,
1 Apr. 2026
Noun
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The prologue that opens Ragtime loudly announces the musical’s epic ambitions as its nine fictional characters and six of its historical figures introduce themselves with third-person narration and shout-singing.—
Manuel Mendoza,
Dallas Morning News,
27 Mar. 2026
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The shout of glee at the news that Christopher Kane is the new creative director at Mulberry was practically audible across London this morning.—
Sarah Mower,
Vogue,
26 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Audience members quickly realized the interjection wasn’t part of the session and called for security to remove him.—
Deborah Sengupta Stith,
Austin American Statesman,
17 Mar. 2026
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Two people were arrested for disrupting the meeting with anti-CoreCivic interjections.—
Matthew Kelly,
Kansas City Star,
10 Mar. 2026
Noun
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The junior left-hander, who is committed to TCU, celebrated just about every out with exuberance Tuesday, letting out loud screams and breaking out fist pumps after each strikeout.—
Steve Millar,
Chicago Tribune,
1 Apr. 2026
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She is played by Gus Birney, who is great; her line-reading of one of the episode’s titles is an absolute scream.—
Bill Goodykoontz,
AZCentral.com,
31 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Is such an existential shriek into the abyss, all while living in a society suffused by mind-numbing grief and nationalism, worth subjecting yourself to?—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
28 Mar. 2026
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Clad in tattered midnight rags, faces painted pale as a marble grave, the coven rushed forward arm in arm, their malevolent shrieks ringing through the Merchandise Mart.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
2 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Millions of sperm can remain in the tubes, typically requiring about 20 to 30 ejaculations to clear.—
Miriam Fauzia,
Dallas Morning News,
20 Mar. 2026
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Is there ejaculation in Capital?—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
17 Mar. 2026
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“Exclamation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/exclamation. Accessed 6 Apr. 2026.
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