parentheses
Example Sentences
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It’s less jarring than parentheses but a bigger interruption than commas.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 20, 2025
They are listed in ascending order of their trailing-month returns, which are displayed in the parentheses.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 10, 2025
Unlike periods and commas, em dashes aren’t integral to sentence structure; they’re a considered choice that can, but by no means have to, take the place of commas, parentheses and semicolons.
From Salon ● Jun. 11, 2025
Figures in parentheses reflect the number of times a book was checked out.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 25, 2023
And if you do use two, they should act like parentheses to isolate a remark from the rest of the sentence.
From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner
