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From A History of English Poetry: an Unpublished Continuation by Thomas Warton
Taken in the sea it is called Salmon Trout; in the lakes it is called by all the names parenthesized above.
From The Determined Angler and the Brook Trout an anthological volume of trout fishing, trout histories, trout lore, trout resorts, and trout tackle by Charles Barker Bradford
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
