parenthesize
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The parenthesized 'maybe' is because it's not clear to me that an artificial intelligence will be a threat long enough to continue to do serious damage to our species.
From Scientific American ● Sep. 9, 2015
But, above all, the tiger-tongued and viper-voiced version of Susan is solidly parenthesized: they’re Susan’s own invention, whipped up in an instant as a theatrical escape hatch.
From The New Yorker ● Jun. 5, 2015
Each is a petri dish parenthesized by ocean, fermenting its unique varietal of weirdness.
From New York Times ● May 20, 2011
The final version, here parenthesized in the text, represents, it seems fairly certain, Joseph Warton's expansion.
From A History of English Poetry: an Unpublished Continuation by Thomas Warton
“She isn’t there, captain!” parenthesized the narrator, following the motion with his head.
From Captain Brand of the "Centipede" A Pirate of Eminence in the West Indies: His Love and Exploits, Together with Some Account of the Singular Manner by Which He Departed This Life by H. A. (Henry Augustus) Wise
Elliptical, digressing, self-interrupting, parenthesizing, Herzen wrote as he spoke, in a torrent of ideas, reminiscences, and literary and historical allusions.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026
