comma
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It was the most Iranian sentence I could imagine: despair and hope in the same breath, separated by a comma.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 10, 2026
Marcelino’s condition improved but Diaz’s health declined exponentially to the point that he fell into a comma and was put on a list to receive a liver transplant, according to news reports.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 16, 2026
"I agree with much of what he said, but not absolutely every word and dot and comma of it," he added.
From BBC • Apr. 30, 2025
Then, it coils itself into a comma, bunching up its lower half.
From New York Times • Jun. 20, 2024
It’s for times when you want something stronger than a comma but not quite so final as a period.
From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner
Vocabulary lists containing comma
Punctuation Matters
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Language and Grammar - Introductory
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