emoticon
Example Sentences
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“To all the Tweeps who decided to make today your last day: thanks for being incredible teammates through the ups and downs,” she tweeted with a saluting emoticon.
From Washington Times • Nov. 18, 2022
Others had grown suspicious of his emoticon use: one wrote that anyone “who uses the ‘!?’ emoji is totally a middle-aged man.”
From Washington Post • May 11, 2021
The picture, with the caption “peaceful troops” and an emoticon of a skeptical face, received 20,000 likes.
From New York Times • Nov. 30, 2020
If they write “Mrs.” in an email, I correct them in my response with a winky-face emoticon.
From Slate • Nov. 7, 2019
Like a little happy but somewhat clueless emoticon.
From "Auggie & Me" by R. J. Palacio
Vocabulary lists containing emoticon
Computer Science and Technology - Introductory
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Computer Science and Technology - High School
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