markings
Example Sentences
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Forty-two half-round markings lining the circular edge "represent each kilometre of the course", organisers explained.
From BBC ● Aug. 22, 2026
Subtitled “From Periods to Interrobangs, How Punctuation Remade the World,” the book explores the evolution and effects of the small markings that writers have used for more than four centuries.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
The researchers emphasize that the importance of the engravings goes beyond whatever meaning the individual markings may once have carried.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 9, 2026
I've been told I have 3,311 skin markings - compared to the average Neko Health client's 845.
From BBC ● Aug. 8, 2026
The pages of the book are covered with similar markings, though predominantly they hold other things.
From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern
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