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The lives of this family and millions of others are balanced on that flimsy hyphen.

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So what if some Gen Z influencers see a venti hyphen where you see a proud, versatile dash?

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Not all of his ideas made the cut though - X-Ray Drive was rejected by the council due to a hyphen being in it, which forced the change to Radiography Road.

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Or perhaps the story of his panic at seeing a post-it note saying "please re-sign" on some documents, and not noticing the hyphen, wondered what he'd done to justify having to quit.

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The three or four sets are all separated by a hyphen.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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