full stop
Example Sentences
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Last year’s full stop on hiring is loosening up a bit.
From MarketWatch • Jan. 8, 2026
Despite Schjerfbeck’s time in Paris, she seems to have ignored what the Impressionists and Post-Impressionists were doing, but at intervals, early paintings make you come to a full stop.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 3, 2026
I've replied to many an email - my punctuation may be extra but a full stop feels blunt.
From BBC • Dec. 14, 2025
In case this wasn’t abundantly clear, Karol G is one of the most commercially, creatively significant artists on the planet, of any genre, full stop.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 1, 2025
Otto and Sheed came to a full stop, then walked their bikes closer for a better view.
From "The Last Last-Day-of-Summer" by Lamar Giles
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