parentheses
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It’s followed by parentheses that hold plain descriptions — red chapel relief; oil can; or, folding table and chairs, dark brown.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 25, 2025
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
It will always be a melter of a slow jam, but its intention is in those parentheses – to be in the sensation of aliveness he’s created.
From Salon ● Oct. 19, 2025
Some of them said they used semicolons and parentheses and everything.
From "Eats, Shoots & Leaves" by Author
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