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exclamation

[ek-skluh-may-shuhn] / ˌɛk skləˈmeɪ ʃən /


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And as the game wore on, the gulf between the two sides became more evident, with England running in three tries in the final minutes to put an exclamation point on their win.

From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2026

The sighting of the extremely venomous viper, which has the longest fangs of any snake in the world, spurred the Santa Ana Police Department to issue a public advisory accompanied by exclamation points.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 29, 2026

At one point in my notes I wrote, “This is a man who never uses exclamation points.”

From Salon ● Jul. 5, 2026

The prose was heavy on exclamation points, light on specifics.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 2, 2026

He passed through and immediately uttered an exclamation of satisfaction.

From "And Then There Were None" by Agatha Christie

Hal is a sympathetic sojourner through this ghost world, even if his exclamations of shock become a little screechy.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026

The silver mechanical creature then starts thrashing around violently, to gasps and exclamations from spectators at the installation, designed to probe humanity's relationship with increasingly realistic machines.

From Barron's ● Jan. 30, 2026

There will be no exclamations of “Yippee-ki-yay” and you know what because this is still Hallmark, but the network has stepped up its action/adventure offerings.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 18, 2024

As they listened to celebratory speeches, the audience erupted into joyful exclamations: "Mercy!"

From Salon ● Aug. 13, 2024

Sir Aglovale came back to the King, as he was going up to bed after the usual condolences and exclamations had been made.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White


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