ellipsis
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Though the title jams everybody together in one breathless, unpunctuated rush, this is very much a movie about distance within families; an ellipsis between each word might have been apt.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 24, 2025
He inserted this ellipsis, so the sentence meant the literal opposite of what it had actually said.
From Salon • May 16, 2025
In the premiere, the drama revolves around the dreaded disappearing ellipsis — that feeling when you can see someone typing and then it stops.
From Los Angeles Times • May 9, 2025
His comedic rhythm feels like a throwback, with a lot of zingers and jokes that rely on audience laughter as a sort of ellipsis between punchlines.
From New York Times • Sep. 28, 2023
Here we have an adverb, unproblematically, modifying the verb continue, an ellipsis for continue to be.
From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker
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