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Definition of comma

as in parenthesis

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Recent Examples of comma However, the report noted that much of this rise was due to an increase in the number of billionaires, not just three-comma club members getting richer. — Hayley Cuccinello, CNBC, 2 July 2026 In 2008, the Arizona Republic reported, two visitors to Desert View Watchtower received a yearlong ban from national parks for using a marker and correction fluid to change the text on a sign — moving an apostrophe and adding a comma. — Bay Area News Group, Mercury News, 2 July 2026 The ant, curled like a comma in my palm. — Literary Hub, 18 May 2026 Remember, list all your teams in order from most wins to fewest and separated by commas. — Sean McIndoe, New York Times, 15 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for comma

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Noun

Top 10 With records through Wednesday and last week’s ranking in parentheses.

— Steve Millar, Chicago Tribune, 24 Sep. 2026
Numbers in parentheses indicate passage numbers within each chapter.

— Ethan Teekah, Encyclopedia Britannica, 11 Sep. 2026

Definition of parenthesis

Noun

If lenders perform hard credit inquiries, try to complete your rate shopping within a 14- to 45-day window; credit-scoring models generally treat multiple auto-loan inquiries made within this period as a single inquiry.

— Jasmin Suknanan, CNBC, 4 Oct. 2026
Crucially, however, there's an egress window in here, so it can also be used as a guest sleeping area (operable windows are required for tiny house loft bedrooms in most areas).

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 4 Oct. 2026

Definition of window

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For instance, the caesura that is commonly found at the center of each line of Anglo-Saxon verse conveyed a meaning to native speakers that is lost to us today.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 20 May 2025
With National Socialism from 1933, however, a caesura occurred that is still unparalleled today.

— Uwe Westphal, Sun Sentinel, 16 July 2024

Definition of caesura

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Paula Schneider, the CEO of the Institute Advancing Women’s Health, a global nonprofit that focuses on improving women’s clinical care in midlife and after, noted that there is a lag in adopting new knowledge in clinical practice.

— Annalisa Merelli, STAT, 1 Oct. 2026
Global methane plume data is available on 30-day lag on Carbon Mapper’s website.

— Blanca Begert, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2026

Definition of lag

Noun

Nelson Villoria, an agricultural economist at Kansas State University, said there can be a time lag between an El Niño and its effects on food prices.

— Andrew Freedman, CNN Money, 2 Oct. 2026
This medical inertia partly reflects the time lag involved in disseminating findings.

— Paula Span, Miami Herald, 17 Sep. 2026

Definition of time lag

Noun

After disc removal, the resulting interspace requires robust reconstruction to restore height, alignment, and stability.

— Richard Menger MD MPA, Forbes.com, 8 May 2026
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

Definition of interspace

Noun

So does an extended interlude with Lee co-written by novelist Alexander Chee, the only installment on which Kazan does not have sole script credit.

— Alison Herman, Variety, 1 Oct. 2026
Unfortunately, these were brief interludes in a smorgasbord of as many as six talks delivered with little interruption.

— Bartolomeo Sala, The Dial, 29 Sep. 2026

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