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punctuation

[puhngk-choo-ey-shuhn] / ˌpʌŋk tʃuˈeɪ ʃən /
NOUN
comma
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One note: We have changed some capitalization, spelling and punctuation; no need to make this even harder than it is.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026

These work like punctuation marks in the genetic instructions, signaling that protein construction should stop.

From Science Daily • May 7, 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

“I probably can’t definitively explain it,” says writer-director Maggie Gyllenhaal about that punctuation.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 1, 2026

Zach Oh is shouting the words, and so are Olivia and Luke and Dawn Celeste, and they’ve all caught on and are clapping, and Malcolm adds a little fist in the air at each punctuation.

From "A Heart in a Body in the World" by Deb Caletti




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