hyphen
Example Sentences
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These attacks on the em dash — a ChatGPT hyphen?
From Salon • Jun. 11, 2025
Not all of his ideas made the cut though - X-Ray Drive was rejected by the council due to a hyphen being in it, which forced the change to Radiography Road.
From BBC • Mar. 13, 2025
But with the slash of a hyphen and the snip of a “20,” Mr. Evers changed 2024-25 to the year 2425.
From New York Times • Jul. 6, 2023
No one had really paid too much attention to the hyphen.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 14, 2022
"I say. You know my name isn't really Harris. It's Wilson-Harris. All one name. With a hyphen, you know."
From "The Sun Also Rises" by Ernest Hemingway
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.