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Recent Examples of comma
Dover Street Market, which sits on the border of the NoMad and Murray Hill neighborhoods, is a seven-floor retail oasis of hypebeast brands, exclusive collaborations and runway-level looks with prices that have commas.
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Gerald Narciso, New York Times, 6 Jan. 2025
The latter outlines their technology stack and even affirms a corporate commitment to the Oxford comma.
—Phil Kirschner, Forbes, 25 Feb. 2025
The comma in the title of Bon Iver‘s three-track October EP Sable, was always there for a reason.
—Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 11 Feb. 2025
The only difference between that ominous sentence and the one that originally appeared in the paper on Oct. 18, 1924, is the comma that now separates the two halves.
—Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 22 Nov. 2024
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Gerald Narciso, New York Times, 6 Jan. 2025
The latter outlines their technology stack and even affirms a corporate commitment to the Oxford comma.
—Phil Kirschner, Forbes, 25 Feb. 2025
The comma in the title of Bon Iver‘s three-track October EP Sable, was always there for a reason.
—Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 11 Feb. 2025
The only difference between that ominous sentence and the one that originally appeared in the paper on Oct. 18, 1924, is the comma that now separates the two halves.
—Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 22 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for comma
Noun
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Top 10 With records through Monday and previous rankings in parentheses.—
Tony Baranek,
Chicago Tribune,
8 Apr. 2025
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San Diego Union-Tribune High School Softball Poll (First-place votes in parentheses; points awarded on a 10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 basis) 1.—
John Maffei,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
7 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Of course, many age-old rules have gone out the window these days.—
Emily Chan,
Vogue,
10 Apr. 2025
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Recorder summaries are supported, but Gemini Nano has a very nano context window.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
10 Apr. 2025
Noun
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The president announced a 90-day pause for several countries but increased tariffs on Chinese goods to 125%.—
Zack Sharf,
Variety,
10 Apr. 2025
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Hedge fund honcho Bill Ackman joined a growing list of President Donald Trump's billionaire backers calling for the White House to slam the brakes on tariffs just hours before Trump authorized a 90-day pause on reciprocal tariffs for most countries that went into effect Wednesday morning.—
Bill Hutchinson,
ABC News,
9 Apr. 2025
Noun
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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
Noun
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This lag means that professionals may be learning outdated security strategies.—
Amarandhar Kotha,
Forbes.com,
17 Apr. 2025
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There is a lag between when transactions enter the backlog and deals are announced and the time that Goldman records revenue, Solomon explained.—
Kevin Stankiewicz,
CNBC,
14 Apr. 2025
Noun
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According to her research, traditional fashion weeks lead to overproduction, and the time lag between the reveal of designs during traditional fashion weeks and availability leads to a disconnect that alienates young generations.—
Miles Socha,
Footwear News,
27 Mar. 2025
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Having the FPVs with the assault troops cuts that time lag to seconds.—
David Hambling,
Forbes,
27 Feb. 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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These songs mess with interspace.—
Sheldon Pearce,
The New Yorker,
5 Oct. 2021
Noun
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Goosed by a couple gratuitous interludes of gory amateur surgery, the movie is eventful, with a high body count.—
Dennis Harvey,
Variety,
11 Apr. 2025
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On the original album, the title track is a brief, reflective interlude, played as a solo-free duet between Jarrett on piano and Jan Garbarek on tenor.—
Hank Shteamer,
New York Times,
25 Mar. 2025
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“Comma.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/comma. Accessed 24 Apr. 2025.
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