punctuation

Example Sentences

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Over the past few years, some iPhone users noticed their have texts have become rife with mangled words and strange punctuation.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 29, 2026

When you type a question into your favorite AI chatbot, it turns it into tokens representing words, parts of words, and punctuation.

From Barron's • Mar. 13, 2026

Tomato, brightened with a final drizzle of garlic oil, like punctuation.

From Salon • Feb. 8, 2026

The review refers to the "so-called 'rules-based international order'", putting the latter phrase in inverted commas: a kind of delegitimisation by punctuation mark.

From BBC • Jan. 9, 2026

I opened the book with some apprehension, wondering what archaic spelling and punctuation I would face.

From "Kindred" by Octavia Butler